Title - Nancy Drew Pony Problems Author: Keene, Carolyn Publisher: Aladdin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When a new petting zoo opens in town, Buttons becomes the star by escaping every night and showing up on someone else’s lawn to eat the flowers. Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 946 3.5 730 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 31 Total # of Words 3064 # of Different Words 843 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 2106 68.7% # of Hi freq words 382 45.3% % of Long Sentences 6 Low Freq occurs 107 3.5% # of Low freq words 76 9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Topics Mystery Problem Solving Horses Low Frequency Words adventures approach assignment buttons's cafeteria columns concerned cousins curious detective echoed elementary emergency escaping faraway fayne flowerbed gadgets gathering geffington gruen grunted handing headquarters healthy heights heights's hesitate hollered hoping internet interrupted investigation jeans lawyer librarian lowered lowering lungs mulberry munching muttered mysteries nah nancy's neighed overhear parlor petunia petunias photograph questioned quinn reddish remarked righty ruffled scrunching shaggiest shared shetland shrug snickered speckled spoonful stacy's strand suspenders sycamore theater thoughtfully volunteer wandered warned wireless yogurt