Title - The Wild Robot Escapes Author: Brown, Peter Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Shipwrecked on a remote, wild island, Robot Roz learned from the unwelcoming animal inhabitants and adapted to her surroundings--but can she survive the challenges of the civilized world and find her way home to Brightbill and the island? Entertain Science Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1456 4.3 820 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 44 Total # of Words 3050 # of Different Words 895 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2152 70.6% # of Hi freq words 358 40% % of Long Sentences 7.7 Low Freq occurs 150 4.9% # of Low freq words 113 12.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Chapters Headings Features Integral Setting - Futuristic Complex Problem/Solution Topics Technology Work Homes Robots Family Farms Friendship *Family & Friends *Technology & Progress Low Frequency Words accelerated accepted activated aisle approaching billowed blur booted camouflaged cavernous climate communicate construction decent designed echoing edges electronic equipment farm's farthest fella fully generations gliding gosling gradually gravel greener hedges herd hinges identify immediately instinctively knowledge landscape language lighter livestock lush manure massive materials meandered mechanical methodically midst milking mooing movements munching murmur nature nervously objects occasionally online ordinary orphaned parlor pasture patches peacefully personality plains property railing rambler refurbished resisted respond restraining revolves robotic romped roundabout routine roz rozzum scenery scurried season seasons shabbier shared sleek smirked spattered sprawling sprouts stalls strewn strolling studied surrounded survive survived swished tangles technology tornado uniforms unlatched unloaded unnatural unthinkable violent weaving wildflowers wildlife workshop yelp