Title - Boy in the Middle Author: Bond, Gladys Baker Publisher: Ginn Publishing Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Tired of being mistaken for his two brothers, Mick Duggan decides to distinguish himself in some way. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 200 1.9 450 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 16 Total # of Words 489 # of Different Words 179 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 298 60.9% # of Hi freq words 86 48% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 7 1.4% # of Low freq words 4 2.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Topics Similarities Appearances Differences Me Brothers *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words elevator freckles mead pate