Title - Boy in the Striped Pajamas Author: Boyne, John Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Content includes details of and deals with the horrors of World War II Nazi concentration camps. When Bruno returns home from school one day in 1942 Berlin, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move . Persuade Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3501 7+ 1110 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 75 Total # of Words 3422 # of Different Words 797 Ave Word/.Sent 18 Hi Freq occurs 2719 79.5% # of Hi freq words 366 45.9% % of Long Sentences 40.8 Low Freq occurs 130 3.8% # of Low freq words 101 12.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Required Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Simple Plot Mood/tone Foreign words Topics *History War *Life Styles *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words alongside apparently applied aromas banister banisters biscuits butler cauliflowers centre chalk chaos chef collected consideration content conversation courgettes crannies dangerously decent decisions depths desolate determined dismissively effect employs exceptions exploring favourite favourites foreseeable forgiven fronts frothy fully further fury future gasping gook greengrocer greengrocer's hesitating honest honestly interrupt interrupted interrupting knowing lars leeks loneliest luxury munched mushrooms muster nature naughty nervously nooks nowhere occasion opposite otherwise overspilling parsnips particularly phrase politeness possessions presumed previous raising recently respected respectfully restrictions reveal scents servants situation sliding smock spluttering sprouts staircase stalls strolling suitcases swallowed sweetness tartan terribly towards turnips typewriters unfriendly uniforms wardrobe whooshing