Title - The Seer of Shadows Author: Avi Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In New York City in 1872, fourteen-year-old Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fake spirit photographs, but when Horace accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, his life takes a scary turn. Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3346 7+ 1100 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 44 Total # of Words 3452 # of Different Words 1151 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2346 68% # of Hi freq words 399 34.7% % of Long Sentences 15 Low Freq occurs 473 13.7% # of Low freq words 358 31.1% Subjective Criteria Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Complex Problem/Solution Simple Plot Foreshadowing First Person Foreign words Topics Mystery Death Ghosts Photography *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words abolition abolitionist absurdly accent achieved acknowledge adjusting advantage affix affixed afterthought amateurs announced aperture apparently appeal application appointment appraising apprentice approached artiste assure assured attendance befogged biblical bluntly brilliantine brooding brooklyn's brownstone bunkum busily carriage cartes cemetery chancing chemical chemicals chemistry chignon clients coachman commission composure concealed concern concerned confided conflict consequence contradicting convey courage critical curt customers daguerreotype daubed deference deferential delicate delicately demurely departed derivation derived despite destined determinedly devoid dignified dignity disposal doubt dubbed duly dutifully ectoplasm edged eerily eke eleanora eleanora's elegant elsewhere emotion emotions employer engaging engineer enoch equipment erect ericsson essence establishing exaggerated extraordinary familiar fashionable features fellow fervent fixtures flattered flourish foretell fortunes fourteenth frocks fulfill fully garb garments gaslight gathering gazed gazing generosity geometry glance gracing grasp gratify greatly greeley greenwich grief grieving groomed haired handkerchief handlebar hastened haze heartfelt height heroes highly honest honor horace horsehair hourglass ideals image importantly inconclusively increased individual infinite informed inquiries instruct instructed instruction intensity invisible inwardly judged judgment justify knowing knowledge lacy lenses lilac linger lingers lively logic loneliness longish macht madam madame manhattan marrying martyred mathematics mcclain mechanics melancholy mentioned merely meticulously middleditch middleditch's middling milliner mischievous mistress model modest momentary moreover mourning movement mulberry murmured mustache nape nature necked negatives nonetheless notions objection oblige obliged observed occasional occurred occurrence oddness opportunity ornately parlor particular patent paused perfection perfume personal philosophical photograph photographer photographic photographs photography phrase physics pleasant pleasing plumes portfolio portrait portraits positives posture practical presented presumption previously private process processed proclaimed professionals promptly provided puckered purse quiver radical readied readily reality realizing reasonable reception religious remarkably repairer republicans request requests required requires resolved respects response restless result reticule revealed reveals rustle satisfied scarlet schooling science scientific scullery seamstress seating semidarkness sentiments servant servant's service shown shutter singularity situation slicked smoothed snobbery society solitude somber somewhat sorrow souls stammer stammered startled stocky studies studio suggest suitable suitably sunbeam superstition supporter surprisingly surroundings swagger teary temporary theoretical thrive tinged tomb towler's tragic transpired trousers truthful turkish unable uncertain undersized understanding undertaker unexpected unlined unsettling upheaval upright vanishing verbal visite vital volume von wafted wealth wealthy welling wisp workspace writer youngest youth