Title - The One and Only Ivan Author: Applegate, Katherine Publisher: Harper Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated book is told from the point of view of Ivan himself. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1177 3.9 780 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 41 Total # of Words 3066 # of Different Words 971 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 2225 72.6% # of Hi freq words 420 43.3% % of Long Sentences 14.2 Low Freq occurs 159 5.2% # of Low freq words 131 13.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Glossary Features First Person Topics Monkeys Elephants *Animals Animals: Jungle Low Frequency Words accomplished apiece applaud arcade awaken beckons billboard billows bonobos canopies carousel chained commercials conveniently cousins crimson dangle distrustful domain domains drawn ebony educated feeble forage frantic frantically futures gazelles grumbling habitat hammering hind honest imagination imaginations imagining ivan knuckle linger loneliest lousy lush maintain majestic manatee mannered merchants mesh mightier migrate minded mistaken movement murmur murmuring nature nectarine neighbor neighbors noble noseprint orangutans particularly pasts patience patient perform pierce pinball ponder precious professional pure raisins recalls recognize romance rough rustled sawdust scent scrawny scruffy sculptures scurry separate separates sheriff sleek slithering snaking snickers soul speech squint stalking stampede starring stella's streaking stubby stunt sturdy survive sweat termite thoughtful threadbare throaty timid tongues treeless trilling troubling twining understanding uninvited unkempt untroubled unwatched upbeat upright wail warn waterfalls weary westerns windowed wrapper yogurt