Title - Holes Author: Sachar, Louis Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Stanley Yelnats isn't so surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a juvenile detention center. After all, his family has been ridden with bad luck ever since a one-legged gypsy put a curse on his great-great grandfather. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2215 5.3 930 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 34 Total # of Words 3487 # of Different Words 962 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 2479 71.1% # of Hi freq words 411 42.7% % of Long Sentences 8.7 Low Freq occurs 160 4.6% # of Low freq words 124 12.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Many different ideas Concepts: Abstract/Difficult Chapters Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting Simple Plot Mood/tone Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Searching/Hunting Crime Punishment *Citizenship & Laws Low Frequency Words alcohol assigned barren befell bungee burlap buzzard conditioned conditioning convicted correctional counselor counselors cruel curse curses cursing degrees descendants desolate despite discouraged eastern embarrassment emptiness explosives facility fortune frontward gratefully grunted gypsy hammock handcuff handcuffs hardworking hastily heaviest hesitated holster hopeful hovers impressed increasingly innocent instantly intelligence introduce introduced inventor judge juvenile kissin laundry legged lightest mansion measuring mention miserable morn neglected nickname nicknames nowhere obstacle originally otherwise outward overweight particularly passenger penal pendanski perseverance playfully pointless preferred premises project protection ratio ratios realizing rec recognize recovering recycle refrigerator relaxation relieved respect saliva sanitary scorpion scorpions sewn shovel shovels shriveled society somewhat stationery stifling stock stranded sunburned supposedly survived sweat that'll unaware unfortunately unlucky violation warden wasteland weapons wearily weighed woodpecker wrist yelnats younger