Title - Cam Jansen The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds
Author: Adler, David A.
Publisher: Dallas Morning News

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Can Cam help catch the diamond thief? Cam and her friend Eric are sitting at the mall when the jewelry store is robbed. Cam sees the thief, but the police arrest the wrong person. Now it's up to Cam to catch the real criminal! Entertain Mystery
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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688 3.1 680 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 28 Total # of Words 3101 # of Different Words 680
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 2261 72.9% # of Hi freq words 326 47.9%
% of Long Sentences 1.7 Low Freq occurs 70 2.3% # of Low freq words 47 6.9%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: No support
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
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Features
Topics
Mystery
Stealing
Babysitters
Problem Solving
Low Frequency Words
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curtains diamonds dosed earrings equipment esther evidence fulton groceries impolite
innocent insulated jewelry ladies mal minnow mound mounds mustache photographic
policemen practicing robbery scaring science shelton shortened siren squirmed startled
sundial terribly urged urging warned whisper younger