Title - The One and Only Bob Author: Applegate, Katherine Publisher: Harper Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family. Entertain RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1390 4.2 810 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 45 Total # of Words 3041 # of Different Words 1039 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 2227 73.2% # of Hi freq words 427 41.1% % of Long Sentences 10.7 Low Freq occurs 208 6.8% # of Low freq words 184 17.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Headings Features Personification First Person Unconventional punctuation Present Tense Topics Monkeys Dogs Elephants *Animals Friendship *Feelings, Behaviors Pets Relationships Low Frequency Words abandoned airborne amazement anchovies anxious anyways arcade aroma assortment basically billboard blabbing bloodline boogie bruiser calmed chihuahua coincidence commercials companionship complicated confession conquer curse curving dilapidated distinctive earful edible emergency enclosure endangered enhance evacuate eventually exhausted fawn fend feral firstborn flaw flown foreign fortune frantic furry gaping gnaw gonna gophers gotta grateful guinea gusty handsome happier harass hatchet healthy herd heritage hindquarters hollow honest honestly hoping humdrum hunger impressive incredible indifference inferior innocent inscrutable ivan ivan's ivins jungles kleenex knobs lemme level litters lousy loyal lucked maniac marvelous mention messages momma's motive mount movable mutts natch nature nightmare nincompoop ninny nowhere numero numskull object occasionally opinion opportunity opposable outmaneuver overachievers paddled papillion pepperoni philosopher phrase plodding plummeted possibility pouring presence primitive primo puny purse raging raped recall refused regretted respect rosemary rough rowdy ruby runt saint sanctuaries satisfying savannah scents serene settling sheer shoved siblings smidgen snoozing solution sounding squirming statue stench swagger swat swirls talons terrifying terror therapy thread thumblessness twitcher uncertain unknown uno upgrade utterly vanilla waddling wandered warmth weapons weary weird westerns wheeled whiff whimpering wimpy wobbly worry's worth wriggled youngest