Title - Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Author: Coerr, Eleanor Publisher: Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Based on the true story of a young Japanese girl who contracts leukemia as a result of the atom bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, the story follows Sadako as a healthy schoolgirl winning relay races, through her diagnosis with the atom bomb sickness, to her long stay in the hospital. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1361 4.2 800 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 40 Total # of Words 1647 # of Different Words 632 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 1099 66.7% # of Hi freq words 272 43% % of Long Sentences 2.8 Low Freq occurs 113 6.9% # of Low freq words 69 10.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Table of Contents Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Features Simple Plot Mood/tone Difficult names Foreign words Topics Body *History Death Doctors Hospitals War *Human Body & Health *Family & Friends *Global Issues Low Frequency Words altar ancestors atom atomic breathlessly busily carnival ceremonies disease dizziness eiji fidgeted freed freedom frightening gaily gulped hiroshima honor impatiently impressed junior kindergarten lantern lanterns leukemia loosen masahiro memorial mitsue noisily oba ohta paced painfully peace peaceful photographs pickled practiced prayers prickled priests relatives relay respect sadako sadako's sasaki sasaki's scarcely scarred slicing speech speeches stalls sternly stubbornly surrounded swarm tatauzi teammates thumping thunderbolt tidy whirlwind whitish wriggled yawned