| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Harry keeps a horse in his room. A trusty horse only he can see. But then his parents take him to the country to see "real" horses. Horses that are free to run, kick, and nibble. Now Harry must decide: Does his horse need to be free, too? Harry gives his imaginary horse its freedom, but it chooses to remain with him. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 171 |
1.8 |
230 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
19 |
Total # of Words |
425 |
# of Different Words |
150 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
243 |
57.2% |
# of Hi freq words |
59 |
39.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
3 |
0.7% |
# of Low freq words |
2 |
1.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Easy |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Simple problem/solution |
| Simple Plot |
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| Topics |
| Freedom |
| Horses |
| Imagination |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
| Pretend |
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