Title - The Music of Dolphins Author: Hess, Karen Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre After rescuing an adolescent girl from the sea, researchers learn she has been raised by dolphins and attempt to rehabilitate her to the human world. This girl raised by dolphins must choose between two worlds in this critically acclaimed novel about what it means to be a human being. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2599 5.9 990 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 54 Total # of Words 3422 # of Different Words 779 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 2455 71.7% # of Hi freq words 313 40.2% % of Long Sentences 5.5 Low Freq occurs 152 4.4% # of Low freq words 121 15.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Simple Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting Complex plot First Person Unconventional punctuation Present Tense Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Experiments Feelings/Emotions Undersea Life Dolphins Learning Homes Nature Behaviors Ocean *Animal Life *Family & Friends *Music Low Frequency Words aboard anguila attributes awaited barnacles bloodshot campus cay cays circular cognitive communicate communications composed coughs cousins cushion custody dehydrated designed disputing distraught examination exhausted facility feral fisk flown fluent flukes fragile frantic fully gary governments grants gull gulls haitian height hovering idaho's immigration initial institute invaluable issued journal junior knob language lieutenant mangrove mangroves mechanic medical miami mila mission missions molting monica murmuring naked national naturalization neural newly nicholas occurrence opposite orca ourselves palms parachute percent pitches public public's radioed recorder reforms refugees relations research resource respiration respond response roiling routine salmon seagull section service shay silverfish socialization specialist specialists springing squealing stations stimulate streaked studied suggest surveillance swamp swimsuit tangled thumping tightness understanding unique vicinity videotaped visibly waking weird whistles