Title - The Goose Girl Author: Hale, Shannon Publisher: Bloomsbury Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Princess Anidori, on her way to marry a prince she has never met, is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers. Book #1 of the Books of Bayern. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2233 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 88 Total # of Words 4032 # of Different Words 1159 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 3099 76.9% # of Hi freq words 500 43.1% % of Long Sentences 22 Low Freq occurs 261 6.5% # of Low freq words 211 18.2% 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 Concept: Fanciful Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Integral Setting - Cultural/Regional Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Difficult names Topics *Safety Danger Princes/Princesses Hiding Lying Rebel/Rebellion Conflicts Kings/Queens *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words ani anidori anxious approached aspen's aspens attendants awakening bluewing breakfasted breast callused cautions certainty communicating companion companions complicated constant converse copse corridor courtier curse curtains curtsy dappled delicate depthless despite disappearing disapproving disliked dismayed domestic eagerness earthy ease elder escaped eyed falcons faraway fern fevered fiercely firstborn foaling foreign freedom future gardener gardeners gasping gazed gesture giantess gleefully gosling graceful gutted harmony hatchling hearted herd horizon household imagined incident inclined infant's isilee judgment keenly kennels kiladra kildenreans kildenree kingdoms knowing laced language languages learner ledges lightly lipped locket loncris lured magpies mentioned merge methods mews migrating mimic mimicked ministers mistook mistress motherly mournful movement napralina nature nested niece's noted notorious nuggets nursery nursing occasional ofelienna outings overheard pacing parted paused pawed perches physicians pigeons pleasant poised pond's possessed practiced preserves pricked prickly prodded profile progress pure rafters realize reeds reflections remorse resembled resolve resolved responded rippled rouse roused rumors sauced sella sensation shallow shimmer shortened shrugged skinned skronked sleepily smoothed solemn solitude sparrow sparrow's speech squinted stable stables staff stroll stubborn supped susena suspicious swan swans swords talianna talone tantrums terms terribly thereafter thoughtfully tn toddler's tongues treasured trumpeted turnings tutor's unacceptable uncomfortable unfortunately unnatural unspeakably victery violent wail wandered warmth watcher whine whines whisper widened wildness winged wrinkles youngest yulee