Title - Nate the Great and the Phony Clue Author: Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman Publisher: Dell Publishing Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Nate and his faithful dog Sludge overcome hostile adversaries and a sly, phony clue to solve his latest challenge. Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 442 2.6 620 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 30 Total # of Words 1535 # of Different Words 330 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 1033 67.3% # of Hi freq words 146 44.2% % of Long Sentences 0.9 Low Freq occurs 31 2% # of Low freq words 11 3.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Simple problem/solution First Person Topics Mystery Observation Tricking Self Esteem Friendship Low Frequency Words detective fitted gulped invitation pacific phony sewer shred slash slashes sludge