Title - How to Catch a Leprechaun
Author: Wallace, Adam
Publisher: sourcebooks

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
You've been planning night and day, and finally you've created the perfect trap with shamrocks, pots of gold, and rainbows galore! Now all you need to do is wait. Is this the year you'll finally catch the leprechaun? Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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261 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 14 Total # of Words 306 # of Different Words 176
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 160 52.3% # of Hi freq words 64 36.4%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 11 3.6% # of Low freq words 8 4.5%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Concept: Fanciful
Features
Simple Plot
First Person
Rhyming
Topics
Challenges
Tricks
Leprechans
*Fictional Ideas/Charac
Low Frequency Words
dancy dandelion doubt engineer leprechaun leprechauns pantsy stroll