Title - Moon Over Manifest Author: Vanderpool, Clare Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with a few possessions and her list of universals, Abilene jumps off the train in Manifest, Kansas, aiming to learn about the boy her father once was. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3030 7+ 1080 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 48 Total # of Words 4007 # of Different Words 1172 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 3049 76.1% # of Hi freq words 519 44.3% % of Long Sentences 13.7 Low Freq occurs 261 6.5% # of Low freq words 200 17.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex character relationships Integral Setting Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Parallel plots Flashback Difficult names Foreign words Topics Fathers *Community Family Friendship *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words actual advertisements ahold alcohol antiquity apiece apologetic apparently appreciation article articles auxiliary awnings blurted boarded bosom bottomless bustling cemetery certifiable chemistry column comb commencing compass conductor conjure content curtains curve dandelions dangled dangling depot depression despite dilapidated dillydallying dingy doodads downright drawn dyspepsia editor elixir emptiness extraordinaire familiar fellas fewer fledged frazzled fronts future generously gingham glance glares gobbled grassless grate gratitude grizzlies grocery groundbreaking grove guide hadley hardscrabble hardware harper headlines heartbeat herald hollered honest hoping horseshoes hospitality illegal imagined imagining infection insight insists interim involved ironwork itchy journalist knowing lacking ladies liberty lindbergh lullaby lumbered ma'am manifest massaged matenopoulos minor misery movement must've mustaches muster nation occasion organized ounce overalls panic parcels particular pastor patched patriotic perdition perked pitchfork plaid pleadingly pledge potbelly president prickled promoted provided railway recall recalling recent refreshed related revolution rhyme rhymed rhymes rhyming rhythm saggy santoni's satchel scarred scruffy season seeming senior services shady's shantytown sheaves shoved sideburns sittin smoothing solo soul souls sounding southeast sparse splayed standstill stitched stock storage storefronts surely swallow swatch that'll thumbed tingly tonic townsfolk truthful tucker typesetter typewriter unexpected views vigilant wandering weather's weathered welded whiskers whos wispy witness wobbly worth wrought y'all yammering yapped yellowed younger