Title - Brigid Beware Author: Leverich, Kathleen Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When her eight-year-old fairy godmother grants Brigid's wish for a pair of "glass slippers," and also makes some of Brigid's other clothing disappear, Brigid learns something about fads and peer pressure. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 781 3.3 700 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 1811 # of Different Words 507 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 1169 64.5% # of Hi freq words 231 45.6% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 62 3.4% # of Low freq words 40 7.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Concept: Fanciful Chapters Features Parody Topics Changes Innovation Clothes Appearances Magic Copying/Mimicry Self Esteem Conforming Friendship School Low Frequency Words burrs combination crouched curled curtain embarrassed gadget gadgets gazed glance hammock lacy lied lita messenger moonlight necklace ordinary overnight paced pager patience peered scowled security shrugged sleeveless spindly sprang stiffened swirly terrace thrush twitched unhealthy waid wakened walkman wears whiskers