Title - The Lost Pet Chronicles Author: Albrecht, Kat Publisher: Bloomsbury Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Kat Albrecht is the only law-enforcement based pet detective in the United States. Since 1997, Albrecht and her search dogs have located lost cats, dogs, ferrets, turtles, horses, and other species using techniques that are normally used to solve missing person investigations. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3368 7+ 1100 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 58 Total # of Words 5373 # of Different Words 1499 Ave Word/.Sent 18 Hi Freq occurs 4091 76.1% # of Hi freq words 569 38% % of Long Sentences 46.8 Low Freq occurs 445 8.3% # of Low freq words 363 24.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Features Character traits Complex Problem/Solution First Person Topics Teams/Teamwork Dogs Lost Policemen *Animals Helping *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words abilities ability accomplish accord acknowledge acquired acres addition admiration adventures affection aggravated aggressive agricultural ajar akin albrecht amplified anxious appointment apprehensive article assert assess assessed assigned authority available behavioral belligerent belying biscuit boosts breeder breeder's breeders brimming burglar burglaries buyers callers carpeted challenge chaos charging circulating citizens companion compartment compatible competitions composure concerned condescending confirm congested constant constantly consuming craned crawling curfew curious decision deliberately demeanor demonstrations designed despised despite detective discounted dispatch dispatcher dispatchers distinctive dna doberman docile drawer education emergency enabled encroaching enforcement equipment ers escaped evidence excellent exception exhausted exploring extraordinary fascination favored fenced ferrets fielding flaw fluent flyball fondness foothills forged forlornly freedom furious gazed genius getter giirrrl graceful granite gratitude gravel gripping groggy groves guides hackles halftime handled handling handshake hardworking headphones heroes heroically highly hollered homing hone household ignored iguanas imagined immediately imminent impressed incident incidents independent injured injuries inquiries insistent inspector instinct instincts instructed intrepid investigated investigations irish irrigation kennel kjelgaard kneeling knelt knowing legendary lens lingo linoleum littermates locate loyal major mannered mantra manuals massive memorized mercifully methodical microphone microscopic miramonte miserable misery misplaced mission mode napped national nba neighbor's nevada nickname nines nipped nonprofit nonstop northeast northeastern notify noting notoriously nudging nuzzled obedience oblivious obstacle occasions olfactory opposite organization ounce outskirts pacific panic panicked particles passenger pastime patches pawing pedigree penniless peppered perceiving perception personae personal personalities personality perspective photograph photographs physical pleasure plush posing possession possibilities prather precedence preference presence prioritization prioritize produce professional profiling project property prospect protruding prove proven pure purse pushovers pushy rawhide reasons rectangle relationship relay reputation requests required reserved resources respond response result retrieve retrievers ridiculous robotically roving rugged runaway sacramento scent scraggly seldom selection selective service services setter setters shared shepherd shimmering shown sierra sleek smokey smoky sophisticated southern spectrum spending squirming steadfast steadfastly stinkers stressed stricken stubborn stubby studied substantial surrounded sweater switchboard systematic technically teenagers tempered terrain theory threat threatened ticked tiring tow traipse traits transition treasured trigger trustworthy tuned turmoil twenties typical ultimate unadulterated uncharted unfamiliar unfortunately unfriendly unidentifiable unique unspoken urgent utter vain vandalism velvety viewed vocal volume wanderlust weedy wegman weimaraner weimaraners weimies whiny willingness withdrawal wks woven wriggled wriggling wrinkled yipping