Title - Conrad's Fate Author: Jones, Diana Wynne Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When his uncle sends him to work at the mysterious Stallery Mansion, twelve-year-old Conrad discovers the source of the magic that threatens to pull his world into one of the eleven other parallel universes. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2198 5.3 930 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 45 Total # of Words 3689 # of Different Words 912 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 2859 77.5% # of Hi freq words 393 43.1% % of Long Sentences 19.1 Low Freq occurs 196 5.3% # of Low freq words 139 15.2% 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 Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Complex implications Integral Setting Complex Problem/Solution First Person Topics Mystery Magic Danger Problem Solving *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words activities annoyed anthea anthea's aristocrats articles bookshop borrowed boxroom broodmare broodmares burden casino's cathedral chalk charged companies considers constant cookery crag cramming crisis curls debts diabolical disabled disempowered disgustedly dramatic dreadful echo effects enticingly eunuchs exploited fetched finance former formula franconia frustrated gambling glint grant hammering harking headmaster's horribly horror iciest ingredients intuition investigating karma karma's laundry lottery luckily ludwich magician magicians mannerly mansion meanwhile mum's mustard muttering naturally nightmare noticeably object opposite overdone particular pathetically peered persuade phrase piling plaster possibilities potts's preferred profit protections quiche quiches random reliable relying resist retorted reward risking royal ruefully satisfying scholarship secretive semester series seventh shelves shrewd sideways silex skis soothing squishy stall stallchester stallery steepest suggest swatch sweat tetchy thaw tidied tidy twitch typewriter unfortunately vague vaguely valuable wears whistling withered wobbly women's wonderingly workbench workroom worrity wriggled wrinkled zombie