Title - Carnival at Candlelight Author: Osborne, Mary Pope Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Merlin has asked Jack and Annie to help on another Merlin Mission. This time they head back into history to 17th century Venice, Italy. With the help of a research book, a book of magic rhymes, and a set of mysterious instructions from Merlin, the heroes will save the beautiful city from a flood! Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1005 3.6 740 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 30 Total # of Words 2025 # of Different Words 629 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 1413 69.8% # of Hi freq words 276 43.9% % of Long Sentences 4.3 Low Freq occurs 102 5% # of Low freq words 64 10.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concept: Fanciful Chapters Headings Features Simple Plot Topics Time Celebrations *History Danger Costumes *Entertainment & Fun Low Frequency Words absolutely adriatic apprentices breathed cautious contents convinced curved dreamland entries ghostly gliding gondola gondolas gondolier incredibly instant journeys kathleen lagoon language lantern leapt locate mission missions mortals muffled nevertheless passenger patience pebbly propel prove realm require research rhyme rhymes rough rounding ruffled seawater shallow skimmed sleepily sleepyheads sorcerers sparingly surrounded tiepolo tourist tousled unfolded venice walled wary waterways wavy weirder whisper wilt worthy yawned yourselves