Title - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Author: DiCamillo, Kate Publisher: Candlewick Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a toy china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost... Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1868 4.8 880 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 59 Total # of Words 3048 # of Different Words 773 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 2211 72.5% # of Hi freq words 321 41.5% % of Long Sentences 19.3 Low Freq occurs 187 6.1% # of Low freq words 140 18.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Character development Complex plot Mood/tone Twist ending Personification Present Tense Topics Toys Travel/Traveling Searching/Hunting Kindness *Animals Friendship Adventures *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words ached agitated agitation amused angle annoyance array bendable bowels brindled brutality butchering cavalierly commissioned composed concern condescended condescending consequences courtesy craftsman curtains demented derogatory designed diligence dismissed distressing domestic dramas drooling efficiency elegant emotion employers ennui excruciatingly existence expressive extraordinary extreme farthfigery fashioned fineness fortunately freedom giggling grotesque gruesome haired handled handmade highly household immediately implications impress inanimate incident indignantly indignities inexplicably inhuman initially intelligent jaunty jointed jovially kingdom knowing lazily maw measured mentioned mightily mistress mocking moonless movement neighbor's neighboring obedience object occasional origin outraged pause pawed pellegrina pellegrina's penetrating phrase pinprick pointless poses positioned possession preferred presented pure reckon referred reflected reflection remarkable requested responsible satisfaction seasons seventh shone shove sie silverware specifically specimen squealed suits swallowed tablecloth tabletop timepiece tulane twittering unannounced uncertain unfriendly uninvited unsavory urine vacuum vacuumed vantage veil vigorously wandered wardrobe warthog whiskers witnessed zeal