Title - Clever Lad Author: Furminger, Justine Publisher: Sea-To-Sea Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre People say that Lizzie's dog, Lad, can't do things. But Lizzie knows better, and when Lad sniffs his way into a van and ends up far from home, Lad shows just what he can do! Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 120 1.4 160 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 14 Total # of Words 152 # of Different Words 76 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 65 42.8% # of Hi freq words 24 31.6% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 4 2.6% # of Low freq words 2 2.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Topics Dogs *Animals Pets Low Frequency Words lizzie's ravi's