Title - Bloop
Author: Lazar, Tara
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
In his quest to become the next Emperor of Planet XYZ, Bloop makes too many bloopers. So he’s sent to Earth to conquer that crazy planet first. Who’s in charge there? One visit to the park and Bloop knows: dogs, of course! Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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596 2.9 660 Amazon
RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels
Sentences Total Words Different Words
Max Word/Sent 21 Total # of Words 594 # of Different Words 297
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 308 51.9% # of Hi freq words 85 28.6%
% of Long Sentences 3.4 Low Freq occurs 78 13.1% # of Low freq words 63 21.2%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Little support
Dialog: Simple
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Topics
Planets
Dogs
Earth
Leadership
Low Frequency Words
accommodations accomplished acquired advice alien approached awaits bestowed bloopers chauffeured
commoners conquer decree disappointed emperor emperors exclusive footman freedom gizmos
gourmet hologram inspected instantly interstellar invader issued itched jewels kingdom
loyal mission nourishment paralyzing precious primate progress prove provided recognized
refused regulations relished retreat revenge rewards royal servant servants squishy
staked stockpiled summoned superior supreme survey takeover teeniest tiniest valuable
worthy wowed xyz