Title - The Egypt Game Author: Snyder, Zilpha Keatley Publisher: Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she's not sure they have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage yard, Melanie and April decide it's the perfect spot for the Egypt Game. Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2230 5.3 930 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 63 Total # of Words 3599 # of Different Words 1038 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 2632 73.1% # of Hi freq words 401 38.6% % of Long Sentences 30.3 Low Freq occurs 275 7.6% # of Low freq words 218 21% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Mystery Games Neighborhood Imagination *Entertainment & Fun *Family & Friends Relationships Low Frequency Words absolute admiration agent aging altar ambition ancestors announced antique antiques apparently appreciate appreciation approval approvingly archaeologist arched arching balcony bargain beautified bitterness bouquet breathless breezed burial busily buyers caution cheekbones collectors conversation craggy crudely cultivated curios curious curtain curtsy deadpan depressed dignity dingy disclosed discomfort dramatically dusky egyptian electricity elevator enthroned enthusiastically errand ested exotic expressionless fashioned features frantic freckles frightening gabbed gingerly glamorous glance gooey graduate grannie grateful grillwork grudging gunnysack honor huntress impressed improbable improvised indicated indignant inexpensive innovation inspiration inspired instance intended inter interrupted ivory jewelry kerosene kiddo kooky ladies language lashes lobby lotus marshall mattered melanie merchandise moments moreover motioned mysterious nefertiti neighborhood nervously nothingness notion objected objects occurred offset orchard oriental ornate otherwise ought paced palely panels particular patient paused peephole peered peering pert petrified pillars plank plaster pleasant plush poisonously presented prickles prickly priestess primitive professor's propped prospect public purchases purpose quavered recent referred refinement regarded reincarnation reincarnations reluctantly repinned reproduction residents respectful restlessly reveal righteous ritual rosada rosses rumors sacking sacred sagging satisfaction security seldom sensible shrug shrugged skimpy slender spanishy spattered splendor squatted statue statues stirring stony storage storeroom straggled straggly strands strangeness sturdily supermodern surrounded surrounding sweetness syllables taut terribly theory thistle thistles tilted tingle torment towards treadle twenties uncertain uncertainty undoubtedly uninterested uninviting upsweep vague vantage weird witness