Title - One Crazy Summer Author: Williams-Garcia, Rita Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover their mother wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3098 7+ 1080 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 35 Total # of Words 4799 # of Different Words 1182 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 3558 74.1% # of Hi freq words 485 41% % of Long Sentences 13.6 Low Freq occurs 230 4.8% # of Low freq words 185 15.7% 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 Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex plot First Person Difficult names Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Cultures African Americans *Family & Friends Parents Relationships Responsibility Low Frequency Words abandoner accordion afros agent ahold aisle altitude anchored announced announcement annoyed anxious appalled armrests assigned barrettes barrier beret cecile's cigarette cigarettes college comb concerned cranked curtsy curtsying curved dealt denver departing departure deserve detroit disgrace disneyland drawer embarrassment emptied episode everest exaggerated eyed fabric fern fitting forgiveness fraidycat gawk gazing glance glimpse glommed gotta grandbabies grinder's hari heavily hershey hollered honestly ignoring immigrants intercom jolt judging judgment kennedy kennedy's kindly kingdom knowing laughter laundromat liar litterbug littering loosened ma'am mammal mata memories merriam misbehave missy mistreated motioned mound mounted mouthful muhammad mushed muumuu mysterious navy neared negroes neighbor officially opera otherwise ourselves oval overalls pacing paused peace performances perked pitiful pocketbook poetry practically practicing president projector proved purse reciting redheaded reexamined refused rehearsed reread respectful responsible revival riots routine savor scarf scripture scruff shouldered showy shriek shrill shushed signatures smoothed soldier soothe sought spectacular spies squealing statement steadily stewardess stiffened stubborn suitcases surfboards surging swept takeoff taker teary threaded tightened tilted tinker toting transfers tsking uncommon unfurled uniforms uppity viceroys wanna warbled webster weird whimper whiskers wildcat wobbly wrappers wriggling wringing wristwatch y'all y'hear zilla