Title - The Higher Power of Lucky Author: Patron, Susan Publisher: Atheneum Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Lucky, age ten, can't wait another day. The meanness gland in her heart and the crevices full of questions in her brain make running away from Hard Pan, California the only choice she has. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3210 7+ 1090 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 60 Total # of Words 3314 # of Different Words 980 Ave Word/.Sent 20 Hi Freq occurs 2396 72.3% # of Hi freq words 420 42.9% % of Long Sentences 44.5 Low Freq occurs 211 6.4% # of Low freq words 149 15.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Difficult Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Headings Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Character development Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Mood/tone Foreign words Topics Death *Community Self Esteem Behaviors *Feelings, Behaviors Adoption Relationships Low Frequency Words actual adventures alcoholics aluminum anchored angled anonymous antivenom anxious aspect banquette bargain barrette baubles beagle bisou bree choux cigarette colgate complicated concrete cough crevice crevices crouched degrees dinette disappointing doubts drastic drinkers dumpster easing eavesdropping edged edges envisioned formal formica frayed fully gamblers gargle glory guardian guide gulping hedge hms hoisted hollow hunched imagined instance inventory jest jogging jutting language likely liquor lodged lure majesty's maman mangled medical metallic mon moral mounted museum's mushroom mustard object olives original overcurly overeaters overheard paris passageways passenger perm permed posture president puce pure rainstorm raisins raked reachable realize recovering recovery resign revoir rough roundabout roy's sage salon sandals scientific scientist scrotum scrounge shovel sierra sinister slurping smokers soldered splendiferousness sprain sprig squaring stashed strand streambed stringy stubby sturdy suitcases surveyed survival sweat sweating synagogue thoroughly tow tragical traits tuna tupperware unloaded unscrewed veins wedge weedy weirdly windstorms wobbly wording wrappers wrestling wrinkled wrinkles