Title - Lawn Boy Author: Paulsen, Gary Publisher: Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about "the beauty of capitalism. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1726 4.6 860 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 51 Total # of Words 2880 # of Different Words 836 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 2183 75.8% # of Hi freq words 371 44.4% % of Long Sentences 22.8 Low Freq occurs 125 4.3% # of Low freq words 92 11% 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: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Headings Features Character traits Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot First Person Topics Work Wealth Money Buying/Selling Saving *Economics Low Frequency Words activated admission approached approaching approximately astronomy budget capacity capitalism clucket csi customers deafening defying economic economy eden employees expansion factor fashion figuring fixer flunked foreword gingerly growth guinea guy's hesitated imax impossibly incident increasing inventor lapels lawns league lever leverage logic manage minnesota motor motors mow mowed mower mowing muffler neighbor neighbor's neighborhood obvious pockets poems positive postage prairie principles product production radius refer refilling request rounded scissors series service seventies sheared sleepaway sprouted staggering studied suede swears termed threat tinkerer twelfth unscrewed versus vibration wack wheeler whirring wonderboy yankees