Title - Something Upstairs Author: Avi Publisher: Avon Camelot Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When 12-year-old Kenny Huldorf moves to Providence, Rhode Island, he soon discovers that his attic bedroom is haunted by the ghost of a teenage slave named Caleb. Entertain Poetry RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1825 4.7 870 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 39 Total # of Words 2216 # of Different Words 786 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 1596 72% # of Hi freq words 320 40.7% % of Long Sentences 12.8 Low Freq occurs 123 5.6% # of Low freq words 111 14.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Concepts: Abstract/Difficult Chapters Features Character traits Complex plot Difficult names Topics Time *History Ghosts Slavery Houses Moving Low Frequency Words agent announced apparent approached astonished awakened boundary bulged carriages cautiously cobblestones concerned conditioners corkscrewed curbs curious curtains determined dingy dodger drought edged edgy esek estate fashion fashioned flexing frayed gasping gulp harsh hopeful hoping horror huldorf huldorfs imagined immediate immediately informed inspector interstate letup majestic midway moonlight mount muggy musty neighborhood notion oiled ominously ordinary original pacific palms particularly peered peleg photographs pinpoint plaque plaques private probe provided providence pulsing radiated recalls recent recollects responsibility restless revolution rhodey rustling sanded sandpaper scented scrapbook sculptured sensation servants sheldon shingles shuttered siding skimpy skylight snatch stairwell stillwell suits sweat tradition trousers tying unease unexpectedly union unopened urge vague visualize wander weathermen windowless wrists