| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When Julie goes home for dinner with David, the new boy in her neighborhood, she discovers that David's father is a giant. This book touches on the children's fantasy of finding someone big and powerful to protect them from a harsh world. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 303 |
2.2 |
540 |
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 |
38 |
Total # of Words |
873 |
# of Different Words |
265 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
10 |
Hi Freq occurs |
559 |
64% |
# of Hi freq words |
116 |
43.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
8.3 |
Low Freq occurs |
10 |
1.1% |
# of Low freq words |
7 |
2.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Giants |
| Differences |
| Fears |
| Food |
| Friendship |
| *Family & Friends |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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delicious |
milkshakes |
octopuses |
salads |
sauce |
shovel |
underwear |
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