Title - Henry and Mudge and the Wild Wind Author: Rylant, Cynthia Publisher: Bradbury Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Henry and his 180-pound dog Mudge are best friends forever. And in this twelfth book of their adventures they face wind, thunder, and lightning. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 268 2.1 520 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 21 Total # of Words 785 # of Different Words 296 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 408 52% # of Hi freq words 115 38.9% % of Long Sentences 0.7 Low Freq occurs 24 3.1% # of Low freq words 16 5.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Clear cause/effect Topics *Weather Fathers Rainbows Dogs Fears Friendship Pets Pretend Low Frequency Words crawling cushions freedom jumpier prisoner rescuer rippled scorpions spangled sploop thunderstorm thunderstorms whined whining whistled whistling