Title - Grace the Cove Dragon Author: Mara, Maddy Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Grace, Zoe, and Sofia share an incredible secret. They can transform into powerful Sea Dragons when they travel to the Magic Forest! Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1151 3.9 770 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 23 Total # of Words 3002 # of Different Words 818 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 2161 72% # of Hi freq words 356 43.5% % of Long Sentences 0.5 Low Freq occurs 149 5% # of Low freq words 111 13.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Topics Fish Danger Dragons Dolphins Sharks *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words adventurous afloat approaching assume awe blur breathed buoy burbling challenging coaching coral counselor curved dangled delicate denser diamond disappearance droplets elegant ensures excitedly exotic expressions familiar finfin flecked flicking flitted framing frothed frothy furiously gazed glade glimmered graceful gradually hovered imagination imagined impressive jewel jutted leapt lifeguards magical magnificent midair mission moments muttered newly oddly ordinary pearl personalities pier pinpoints plunged practicing precise prettiest pure realize realms reflected rely resist resurfaced rhythm rustled rustling scent seawater sessions shared shimmering skimmed sleepaway soared sofia sparkling surfer surfing swirled swirling swished swum talon tangled teenagers thicket transforming treading tropical twirling twitched twittering unbeatable unbelievable underwater urged wafted wakeboarding warned waterproof whirled widened wobbly