Title - The Breadwinner Author: Ellis, Deborah Publisher: Groundwood Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The Breadwinner brings to life the reality of life under the Taliban. Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2720 6.2 1010 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 32 Total # of Words 2770 # of Different Words 777 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 2070 74.7% # of Hi freq words 345 44.4% % of Long Sentences 11.9 Low Freq occurs 145 5.2% # of Low freq words 94 12.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Basic understanding. Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting Clear cause/effect Complex plot Ambiguous ending Difficult names Foreign words Topics Cultures Bullies Government *Community Freedom Family *Citizenship & Laws *Family & Friends *Global Issues Pretend Low Frequency Words afghan afghanistan afghans bombings burqas chador cinemas conquerors controlled courtyard customers decreed difficulties disrupted distances education eventually fault fetched forbade further greeks grumbling hawked height horror household ignored invisible journeys kabul kinder labyrinth language laughter majestically manage marketplace marveled maryam melons militia mount necessarily neighborhood nooria ornaments pakistan parvana parvana's pashtu peddlers persians questioned railing recently recognize refrigerator regularly relented religious rely resentful respected restaurants rubble salaries samarkand sandals scampered scarves scornfully servants services shared sidewalks slump soviets specially staircase stalls stringy superior survived talib tattletale terribly toshak turks uncomfortable wives writer younger zigzagging