Title - Monster Mama Author: Rosenberg, Liz Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Patrick's mother may seem weird to his friends, but she's the best mother in the world to her son. Even though she's a real monster, Patrick Edward loves his mom -- especially when she uses her powers to tame a trio of young bullies. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 473 2.6 630 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 28 Total # of Words 690 # of Different Words 312 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 405 58.7% # of Hi freq words 113 36.2% % of Long Sentences 7.4 Low Freq occurs 31 4.5% # of Low freq words 31 9.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Topics Monsters Mothers Bullies *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words admiringly charmed echoes feverishly freight gardened gobbled graceful grocery helpings instructor introduced introductions laughter lightly monstrous neighborhood reckless scampered scornfully smirked snarled snatching stirred terrified thundered truly tyrants villains wears whipped