Title - The Bones in the Cliff Author: Stevenson, James Publisher: Greenwillow Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Pete, 11, lives on an island with his alcoholic father. When his father is terrified by the expected arrival of a mysterious man, Pete, with the help of his new friend Rootie, meets every ferryboat throughout the summer, until he learns the truth about his father's fear. Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1325 4.1 800 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 55 Total # of Words 2676 # of Different Words 870 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 2014 75.3% # of Hi freq words 378 43.4% % of Long Sentences 14.3 Low Freq occurs 123 4.6% # of Low freq words 97 11.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Features Character traits Simple Plot First Person Topics Danger Hiding *Feelings, Behaviors Parents Relationships Low Frequency Words ashtrays balcony bayview bikinis bootie boulder boulders bowditch bulging bungalow bury cartwheeling cigar cigarettes cigars cough coward current cutlass cutups dauntless excellent fault ferry ferryboat ferryboats floodlights gasping geronimo global goddamn groaning harbor hawaiian inched instant jagged jumper leashes lenses lis looney lowered lunged maru masts meadow midair misunderstanding mollie muskets nathaniel ordinary otherwise outward parachute passenger peered pilings prehistoric pulp raspy rental restaurants revenge rootie ruthie sailors secondhand shower sightseers sliding smallpox souvenir sprained stepladder stung suitcases surf swearing sweat sweating swerved tatters teetering tilted tomboy toppling tourists trembly vertical vodka wampanoag whipping whisper wrecked zigzagging