Title - Henry and Mudge and the Sneaky Crackers Author: Rylant, Cynthia Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre With his new spy kit and his faithful sidekick Mudge, Henry is ready to look for clues, steal secrets, and flirt with danger. One of the first things Henry and Mudge find is a coded message -- could there be another spy in the neighborhood? Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 304 2.2 550 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 24 Total # of Words 533 # of Different Words 220 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 262 49.2% # of Hi freq words 83 37.7% % of Long Sentences 2.5 Low Freq occurs 16 3% # of Low freq words 9 4.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Table of Contents Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Topics Mystery Secrets Low Frequency Words drooly emptied flirt id magnifying messages pockets spies suspicious