Title - Three Black Swans Author: Cooney, Caroline B. Publisher: Ember Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Missy and her cousin Claire are best friends who finish each others' sentences and practically read each others' minds. It's an eerie connection so eerie that Missy has questions she wants to put to her parents. But she's afraid to ask. Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2653 6.1 1000 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 53 Total # of Words 3881 # of Different Words 1135 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2735 70.5% # of Hi freq words 462 40.7% % of Long Sentences 13.3 Low Freq occurs 349 9% # of Low freq words 251 22.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support 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 Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Clear cause/effect Complex plot Topics Mystery Appearances Tricks Twins *Family & Friends Adoption Parents Relationships Low Frequency Words accidental activities aiden alaina alternative ancestor announce announcements announcer anthropologists approach archaeology assigned assignment assortment assuming asteroid astonishing attentive auctioned average believably biological biology bluntly buttress cashmere chemical chipper circumstances claire's clairedy cleaner's communicating companion comparisons conceived conception convinced corpse countered cousin's cousins cruel curricula customers dangling dealt debut dimensions disagreed discussion diseases disturbed earrings elementary enthralled enthusiastic errands essence ethanol exaggerating excessive excitedly fascinating fashioned filming fitting flaws fluorine former fridays fuel fuels gangs gentler giggling graham growth guilty handheld heavier hoax hoaxes holders hoping humanoid id iffy illness imagined immediately impatient imperative impressed infants instruct intensely internal internet interview interviews involved jawbone junior kelsey kindergarten language license linnehan literally longing lopsidedly lowered major marriage mattered measurements mildly mined missy missy's multiplied murder museums musical newborn nightly nightmares ninth nitrogen nowhere obedience obedient opposite ordinary outrageous paleolithic participate patents penetrated perceived percent perpetrators photographs pictured picturing piltdown pleasing pointless politics porosity portion pose postponed practically preferred project projects propelled propped provides pterodactyl pterodactyls public puny racks ratings reasoned recognize refrigerator regale related research researched resemblance resulted reveal revealed ricocheting rotated schoolroom science scientific scientist sculpture scum senior sensation separate separated separating services shared shins shown sibling similar sleepover snatched social soften sophomore souls spending sprawled stancil startled statement statements stunned suicide superior surgery surprisingly surrendering suspected sweaters swirling techniques thirties topics transfixed trendy truly tuned typical ultimate unbelievable understanding unknown unsettled upbeat uranium vacuum vague vein vianello vianello's viewers wallet weird weirdly weld welter whereas workspace yank younger zach