| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Jule Ann pounds on the bottom of a cookie jar, and a small dark lump bounces out. The Dark quickly gobbles up every shadow in sight, growing bigger with each one. Munsch's plucky heroine resolves the perplexing problem with brilliant, spirited logic. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 234 |
2.0 |
490 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
25 |
Total # of Words |
466 |
# of Different Words |
154 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
10 |
Hi Freq occurs |
269 |
57.7% |
# of Hi freq words |
56 |
36.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
2.2 |
Low Freq occurs |
3 |
0.6% |
# of Low freq words |
3 |
1.9% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Features |
| Simple problem/solution |
| Clear cause/effect |
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| Topics |
| Shadows |
| Size |
| Problem Solving |
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