Title - Tuck Everlasting Author: Babbitt, Natalie Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Winnie Foster discovers a magic spring that has given the Tuck family eternal life. She is faced with the difficult decision of whether or not to drink from it, and whether to tell all when a stranger wants to know the secret in order to sell the water. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2929 6.8 1060 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 2488 # of Different Words 788 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 1832 73.6% # of Hi freq words 337 42.8% % of Long Sentences 31.4 Low Freq occurs 166 6.7% # of Low freq words 143 18.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Difficult Chapters Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Symbolism Personification Metaphors Topics Time Age/Aging Life Cycle Low Frequency Words abruptly accessible accusingly acres ambled angle angles anxiously anyways axis balmy blurred bosom bough bovine boys'll breathless bristly brooch calendar conceal consist contemplation cooped curious curiously curves dawns dimensions dissolved drooping easiness edges enclosed exhausted familiar ferris fiery flung forbidding forlorn foster fosters frantic frequent fully gallows glance glancing glaring gnats grimace heave herd humbly hysterical ignore ignored immense infinite intended intrusions isolation jailhouse knitted lilies mattress meadow meager melancholy motionless mudball narrowing noons noontime object one'll oppressive otherworld ownership painfully patience pause paused pauses peace peered petticoats piped pleasant plucking possessed private property propped quivers ragged reflection relieving resentful responsible rueful sensible shawl should've sidewise skillfully slack smoothed somewhat spite squat squatting staggering stationary stirred stockings strayed suggesting surrounded suspended tangent tarnished thoughtful thrusting tolerantly tranquil treegap trespassing twitch twitched uncomfortably undisturbed upward wandered washstand weary wheeling whispers why'd widened winifred wisdom