Title - Hey, That's My Monster Author: Noll, Amanda Publisher: Flashlight Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When Ethan looks under the bed for his monster, he finds this note instead: "So long, kid. Gotta go. Someone needs me more than you do. –Gabe" How will Ethan ever get to sleep without his monster's familiar, comforting snorts? Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 529 2.8 640 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 31 Total # of Words 969 # of Different Words 373 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 576 59.4% # of Hi freq words 142 38.1% % of Long Sentences 1.9 Low Freq occurs 58 6% # of Low freq words 49 13.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Monsters Fears *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words adimir agafa blabamir blurted coaxed cymfia cynthia's dabe doubts ebba emerged enchanted excellent gonna gotta grunted gulped hiccuping horror hulking icky jagged mucus ohh ooze oozed peered rasped scrunched shrank sizzled slithered slunk snarled sniffled squealed squelched stella's stellar summon swarmed tentacles thundered tibe toddled toddler vlad vlad's vladimir