Title - Cam Jansen : The Mystery of the U.F.O. #2 Author: Adler, David A. Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When Cam and Eric see strange lights above the trees, they're sure the U.F.O.s have landed. When they investigate, they find that there's more to the alien invasion than meets the eye. Between Eric's camera and Cam's photographic memory, can they prove what they see? Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 638 3.0 670 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 32 Total # of Words 3057 # of Different Words 709 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 2187 71.5% # of Hi freq words 352 49.6% % of Long Sentences 0.9 Low Freq occurs 91 3% # of Low freq words 54 7.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little 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 Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics *Space Tricking Cameras Low Frequency Words announcement announcing avenues binoculars birch cameraman cigarette disappearing entries feline fillmore groceries guide handball height identified junior kitten's knitted language lens meowed microphone moments motor mysterious neptune objects olds photograph photographic photographs photography pintail plover posed reporter's sandpiper shelton shortened shutter squaw studied thirtieth tissues truly tuna unidentified viewers warmth watcher's wrappers wrappings wrinkled