| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| The king and queen of Costra have been kidnapped. For his own safety, Prince Sammi comes to Green Lawn to hide out at Dink’s house. But then Sammi is captured, too! |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 820 |
3.3 |
700 |
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 |
20 |
Total # of Words |
3027 |
# of Different Words |
796 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
2042 |
67.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
364 |
45.7% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
97 |
3.2% |
# of Low freq words |
58 |
7.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: No support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
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| Topics |
| Fears |
| Problem Solving |
| Foreign Country |
| Crime |
| Kings/Queens |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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accent |
allergic |
allergies |
basset |
burgersandfries |
clock's |
costra |
duncan |
encrusted |
gonna |
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guinea |
hedge |
inspected |
introduce |
jeans |
jewels |
kaleidoscope |
kidnapped |
kidnappers |
klinker |
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kneeling |
loretta's |
luggage |
lugged |
mound |
naw |
nervously |
peering |
permission |
pouring |
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quart |
rhymes |
samir |
sandals |
secretary |
selected |
servant |
servants |
shrugged |
sipping |
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snazzy |
socket |
sprawling |
suitcases |
sweat |
sweatpants |
sweatshirt |
tassels |
tissues |
tutor |
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unscrewed |
velvet |
wad |
wait'll |
why're |
woody |
wrinkled |
yourselves |
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