Title - The Case of the Cat's Meow Author: Bonsall, Crosby Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The four members of the Private Eyes Club solve the baffling case of the missing cat. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 332 2.3 560 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 22 Total # of Words 1293 # of Different Words 337 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 834 64.5% # of Hi freq words 167 49.6% % of Long Sentences 0.9 Low Freq occurs 7 0.5% # of Low freq words 3 0.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Some phrases/refrains repeated Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Topics Preparation Mystery Teams/Teamwork Cats Stealing Friendship Detectives *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words liver private shucks