Title - Firegirl Author: Abbott, Tony Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The life of a middle school boy named Tom is changed when Jessica, a girl disfigured by burns, starts attending his Catholic school while receiving treatment at a local hospital, and her terrible disfigurement shocks the class into confusion. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1926 4.9 890 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 53 Total # of Words 4567 # of Different Words 1082 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 3661 80.2% # of Hi freq words 500 46.2% % of Long Sentences 15.2 Low Freq occurs 142 3.1% # of Low freq words 115 10.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character development Complex character relationships Complex Problem/Solution First Person Present Tense Topics Bullies Fears Kindness *Community Courage Fire Friendship Youth Classrooms *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Burns/Burning Low Frequency Words abilities ability adventures alphabetical ambulances angrily announcing avengers babbling bailed bemioli blazer blotches blur breathed catherine's catholic chute classic cranberry curve curved dangled detachable doers downing earthshaking embriano emergency engines flimsy flung fluorescent freckled freckles freedom gross guy's headlights ignoring infested instance instant invisible involving jewels kayla lavatory level lifesaving liquid lobianco magazines marauders mayer melissa models nastiest navy ninth ordinary original pastor pavement piloting pimples plummeting plunged pockets posing prayers private public radiator reel refrigerator remarkable rescues restaurant restored roberts sabres scent science seventh shared shelves sideways silhouetted sisman situations sloshed slouching snickered spawn spine stairway stank stillness superspeed sweat swiftly taylor thundered tracy transferred tumbler unbelievable unclouded uniforms unknown uphill weapons wrists yanked