Title - Brian's Winter Author: Paulsen, Gary Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. Finally, as millions of readers know, he was rescued at the end of the summer. But what if Brian hadn't been rescued? What if he had been left to face his deadliest enemy--winter? Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1903 4.8 890 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 71 Total # of Words 3163 # of Different Words 843 Ave Word/.Sent 21 Hi Freq occurs 2418 76.4% # of Hi freq words 352 41.8% % of Long Sentences 48 Low Freq occurs 149 4.7% # of Low freq words 119 14.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Chapters Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting Complex Problem/Solution Some reference to other texts Topics Temperature *Weather Winter Innovation Accidents Snow Danger Survival *Habitats/Environments Low Frequency Words abilities accustomed acquaintances airing aluminum averted awaken awakened boughs butane calories cartridge cavity challenge cleanly compass concerned curve doubled education eluded emergency foolbirds foreword ghostly glorious grateful grouse gutted happiness hatchet hazel hooonnes hummock hundredth hunger iditarods ignored imaginary initially insane instantly joints knocks knowledge latrine legged lighters liquid liver loneliness lungs marooned mattress memories mentally movement nature newness northern noted nutrients oozed packets panic phase physics predator previous prunes purpose quart quiver ration realize recocked rekindled relieved relished rescued researched restacking results retrieve retrieved rummaging satisfied scissors season sensed sideways significance sinkers sipping situation skinned slithered softened softness spite stunned supplies survival survive swearing terms terribly thrum torment trigger uncomfortable unfamiliar unfinished unrolling visualize vital warmth whiff windbreaker