Title - Just Me and My Little Brother
Author: Mayer, Mercer
Publisher: Golden Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Our young hero thinks of all the wonderful things he is going to be able to do with his little brother. They will go out together on Halloween, fight bullies successfully, ride bikes, and more. Entertain Realistic Fiction
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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244 2.1 500 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 18 Total # of Words 252 # of Different Words 117
Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 156 61.9% # of Hi freq words 37 31.6%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 3 1.2% # of Low freq words 3 2.6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Several repetitions of phrases or refrains
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Difficult
Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social
Features
Twist ending
Topics
Babies
Love
Brothers
*Family & Friends
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
easter halloween orchard