Title - The Stories Julian Tells Author: Cameron, Ann Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Julian has a big imagination. And he is great at telling stories. He can make people—especially his younger brother, Huey—believe just about anything. Like the story about the cats that come in the mail. Or the fig leaves that make you grow tall if you eat them off the tree. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 673 3.1 670 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 36 Total # of Words 3076 # of Different Words 684 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2379 77.3% # of Hi freq words 319 46.6% % of Long Sentences 3.9 Low Freq occurs 57 1.9% # of Low freq words 43 6.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Chapters Headings Features Character traits First Person Topics Teeth Growth/Growing Cooking Cats Gardens/Gardening Low Frequency Words ancients cabinet companies decision delicious eggbeater evened garlic groceries guarded handkerchief harvest invisible lighter loosened neighbors ordinary quiver request requested rook rustling scarlet separating shoelaces specially squash stirred swept swirling tempted twirling unloaded varieties visible watered whipped whisper whites whoops windowpanes yolks