Title - Savvy Author: Law, Ingrid Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Thirteen is when a Beaumont's savvy hits - and with one brother who causes hurricanes and another who creates electricity, Mibs Beaumont is eager to see what she gets. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3687 7+ 1110 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 62 Total # of Words 3392 # of Different Words 1094 Ave Word/.Sent 21 Hi Freq occurs 2473 72.9% # of Hi freq words 447 40.9% % of Long Sentences 49.7 Low Freq occurs 231 6.8% # of Low freq words 174 15.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Difficult Chapters Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex Problem/Solution Clear cause/effect Complex plot Foreshadowing Figurative Language Metaphors Similes Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Cause/Effect Self Control *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words accommodate adolescence amends angrily bellyache blur boggy broody catastrophes challenge churned coastal cockeyed concentrate counties dangling debris despite devastated disintegrating downpour drawn earthshaking etched eyed fearsome features fellow flint freshener fret friendless frightening fuel gaping gloved gravel gripped grizzly groaning gypsy hastened hazel heartache height hibernating hollering hoping humdrum humid hurricane idaho ignoring imagined immediately intended labels largish lashed lidded lightbulb lightbulbs lightly liking linoleum littler lonesome lopped lopsided lord's lowered lysol manage marshmallows mashers mell merely mimicked mini minivan mississippi missy momentum momma's montana motel muscle namesake nebraska neighbor nowhere occasion olive ordinary ought ourselves palms patter pavement pell pelted perched pictured pitching plunging pockets poppa poppa's prattled preacher's prod pulsed raging rattling reassuring reckoned recognized refrigerator respect rocket's roiling rosemary rumors salina samson savvies savvy schooled scowled scritch scumble seized settling sewn shards shared shingles shipshape shrugged sneered spice spilling spiteful static strobe sturdy suitcases surged sweat swirling tearing teasingly toddler toothsome triggering twitching unable unfortunate unkempt unpopular unwelcome uprooting weird wheeler whisper whispers wrapping wrecking wrinkle wrinkles wrongs y'know youngest