Title - Nate the Great and the Boring Beach Bag Author: Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Oliver's boring beach bag is gone! This is a perfect case for Nate the Great and his trusty dog, Sludge. But there aren’t many clues in the sand and surf. Which trail should they follow? Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 472 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 29 Total # of Words 2031 # of Different Words 374 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 1403 69.1% # of Hi freq words 173 46.3% % of Long Sentences 2 Low Freq occurs 28 1.4% # of Low freq words 12 3.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Integral Setting Simple Plot First Person Topics Mystery Beach *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words detective esmeralda esmeralda's figures opposite refreshment restaurant sludge sludge's smoothed stumped swimsuit