Title - The Case of the Two Masked Robbers Author: Hoban, Lillian Publisher: HarperTrophy Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This book tells the story of raccoon twins, Arabella and Albert, who track down the robbers who stole Mrs. Turtle's eggs. After a run-in with a snake and a couple of cagey crows, the twins have enough clues to figure out who is the culprit. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 330 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 17 Total # of Words 1226 # of Different Words 338 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 767 62.6% # of Hi freq words 154 45.6% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 27 2.2% # of Low freq words 12 3.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Topics Snakes Turtles Mystery Stealing *Feelings, Behaviors Night Low Frequency Words deposited duckweed figures hoarse marsh meadow poached robbery scrambled slithered squawks swamp