Title - The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Author: Goble, Paul Publisher: Atheneum Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Though she is fond of her people, a Native American girl prefers to live among the wild horses of her tribe where she is truly happy and free. The book tells how she eventually becomes one of them to forever run free. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 723 3.2 680 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 28 Total # of Words 993 # of Different Words 389 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 620 62.4% # of Hi freq words 142 36.5% % of Long Sentences 5.7 Low Freq occurs 42 4.2% # of Low freq words 33 8.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concept: Fanciful Features Integral Setting Figurative Language Topics *Animals Horses *Fictional Ideas/Charac *Feelings, Behaviors Native Americans Low Frequency Words courage evermore familiar handsome herd herds hind hooves horizon instant joyfully leapt manes meadows mounted neighed neighing nowhere pursued relatives roamed scent shone soundly stallion stamping surely swept terror tipis waken wakened wispy