Title - The Face on the Milk Carton Author: Cooney, Caroline B. Publisher: Delacorte Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face she felt overcome with shock. She recognized that little girl! Persuade Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2692 6.2 1010 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 70 Total # of Words 2633 # of Different Words 906 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 1777 67.5% # of Hi freq words 364 40.2% % of Long Sentences 15 Low Freq occurs 204 7.7% # of Low freq words 163 18% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Character development Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Mood/tone Ambiguous ending Topics Secrets Fears Love Problem Solving Crime *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Adoption Parents Relationships Low Frequency Words abbreviate absorbed academic accidentally accountant adair addition affectionate allergy aluminum ambition annoyed anonymous appropriate approximately architecture articulate brylowe brylowe's cafeteria chaotic charging claiming colleges courteous cranberry curiously curls custody debt decree dedicated designed disappointed divorce dramatic envious essays excellent fabric fabulous failures fantasies fewer filching flung future gestures giggling glared glinting gloomily gradually graduate guinness handsome hearted hoping hotly hype imagined immediately impressive infuriating insane intended intimacy intolerance invisible invitation ironed issue itched jaded janie janie's jell jersey kidnapped kidnappings lactose ladies license lightly likely listing loathed luckies marital marshmallow medical memorable mortified motionless muscular nauseating newborns obey obituary occasional opposite ordinary overhear packet parental personality pleasure plumber poisoning polka practically pulse ransom realize recently recognize reeve reeve's reluctantly required retrieved ridiculous roxanne ruefully scarlett senior seniors sensible sequined shafts sherwood skies sleek snatch snatched sophisticated sophomore spectacular splashy splattered standoff stanford stomachaches surely swig swigging swirled tangles terms theory throbbed toddlers tortured trespass unruffled vastly vigorously wearily whipped whirled wrenched wrist younger