| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Cam Jansen can't wait to meet her favorite mystery writer, Jim E. Winter, at his book signing during the school book fair. But while Cam is waiting in line, her friend Danny's parents discover that their car is missing! Was it stolen? |
Entertain |
Mystery |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 637 |
3.0 |
670 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
22 |
Total # of Words |
3004 |
# of Different Words |
600 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
2077 |
69.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
288 |
48% |
| % of Long Sentences |
1.1 |
Low Freq occurs |
50 |
1.7% |
# of Low freq words |
31 |
5.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: No support |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Simple Plot |
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| Topics |
| Mystery |
| Stealing |
| Problem Solving |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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biographies |
biography |
clicker |
detective |
diamond |
fiction |
fogged |
gina |
jeans |
kane |
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keychain |
license |
mustache |
mysteries |
numbered |
pace |
photographic |
polka |
posing |
prove |
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purse |
registration |
sauce |
scrambled |
solves |
theater |
tissue |
wallet |
wavy |
yearly |
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yolk |
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