Title - The Eyes & The Impossible Author: Eggers, Dave Publisher: Alfred A Knopf Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre told from the perspective of one uniquely endearing dog: Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1966 4.9 890 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 68 Total # of Words 3069 # of Different Words 819 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 2321 75.6% # of Hi freq words 338 41.3% % of Long Sentences 22.1 Low Freq occurs 171 5.6% # of Low freq words 132 16.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Concepts: Abstract/Complex Environmental Chapters Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Integral Setting Simple Plot First Person Topics Teams/Teamwork Environment Self Esteem Courage Pride Habitat Islands *Habitats/Environments *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words agenda apparently asphalt assume beached bison boulder casual cavorting complicated concerteers concrete conjure corollaries croquet crucial crucially cruel cynical deafening dennis deserve destructive dewy disagreements disrespectful dramatic drowned eclipse embarrassing encourage entrusted equestrian equilibrium estimate fenced fend fended fervor fiction freedom freya frothy generally glistening heartily hollow housekept incomplete intriguing ivy janie jitterbug jogging lair laser leapt leashes leftovers leonard lidded limitless locals mammal memories meredith messengers mindless mirth mistaken morons mortal motherly movement odorous offensive ourselves oval particular perilous permanent picnickers positions pregnant recollections recover relocate render residents respect revel ridden rooftop rough savage scientist scrounge scrounged seekers seriously shallow siblings sinewy solar solution splitting strangely symbolize tendency territory tidy tourists troubling truly twirling uncomfortable undisturbed unexpected unharmed unkindly unreliability unreliable vague vendors waking warmth watchers weary whimpering width windblown windmill