Title - Nate the Great Goes Undercover Author: Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman Publisher: Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Somebody has been raiding Oliver's garbage can each night. How can Nate narrow the long list of suspects down to one? Nate the Great might just have to go under cover . . . under cover of the garbage can lid, that is! Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 520 2.7 640 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 21 Total # of Words 1626 # of Different Words 435 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 1142 70.2% # of Hi freq words 191 43.9% % of Long Sentences 2.7 Low Freq occurs 49 3% # of Low freq words 32 7.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features First Person Difficult names Topics Mystery *Animals Problem Solving Low Frequency Words artichokes caprimulgiformes cigar crackly crunchier detective esmeralda ignored invitations klunky krappies krispy liver mothballs neighborhood opossum opossums reasons relish salmon shrew shrews sludge snatch snatcher strigiformes truly tuna unsolved wafers walnuts yawn