Title - Crime Biters My Dog is Better Than Your Dog Author: Greenwald, Tommy Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When his Dad finally allows Jimmy to get a puppy before school starts, everything changes and Jimmy has something new to focus on: his amazing dog, Abby who seems to have some very unusual habits. Could she possibly be...a vampire? Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1458 4.3 820 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 50 Total # of Words 3022 # of Different Words 796 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2282 75.5% # of Hi freq words 344 43.2% % of Long Sentences 11.2 Low Freq occurs 120 4% # of Low freq words 82 10.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Chapters Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Simple Plot First Person Topics Mystery Dogs Secrets *Animals Crime Low Frequency Words absolute amnesia announced approximately available basically beaut bishop conversation distracted doberman eckthelent embarrassed embarrassing episode erwin excellent extremely forester forrester foundation generally german glaring gonna gotta gross guilty handsome hexomitrus hollered immediately insulted insults interests interview introduction irwin jealous jonah kindergarten likely lousy memories mention miserable mistaken murdock neighbor nowhere officially otherwise overrated panic pathetic patience patient patients pause perfection phase profile profiles reasons rereading ridiculous routine selection shepherd shrugged situation somersault swear texting tribute typical ugliest weird whaddya whined writer youtube