Title - Lily's Crossing Author: Giff, Patricia Reilly Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When Lily meets Albert, a refugee from Hungary, during the summer of 1944, they begin a special friendship. However, Lily and Albert have both told lies, and Lily has told a lie that may cost Albert his life. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1830 4.7 870 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 49 Total # of Words 2510 # of Different Words 765 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 1730 68.9% # of Hi freq words 309 40.4% % of Long Sentences 18.8 Low Freq occurs 70 2.8% # of Low freq words 63 8.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many 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 Features Character traits Character development Complex character relationships Integral Setting - Historical Simple Plot Difficult names Topics Sharing War Friendship *Family & Friends Relationships Low Frequency Words alleluia allies blaring boulevard celia's cellar circling clinking clumping darkish degrees delicious disgrace edgewise evangeline fault freckles germany glancing haired handkerchiefs hoist invasion ivory jamaica knives knocking lashed looping measuring miracle molding motor navy nazi neighbors parsley passenger patience perfume planks pockets resist rosaries samples service shoving slicing speared spies splitting sprig squashed stilts suits suspicious swear upright vibration watered whistling wrapper wrenching