Title - Turtle In Paradise Author: Holm, Jennifer Publisher: Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Life isn't like the movies. But then again, 11-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. Entertain RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1942 4.9 890 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 48 Total # of Words 3136 # of Different Words 956 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2249 71.7% # of Hi freq words 400 41.8% % of Long Sentences 7.1 Low Freq occurs 166 5.3% # of Low freq words 127 13.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character development Excessive # of characters Integral Setting Simple Plot Topics Work Treasures Children Overcoming Babysitters Family *Family & Friends Occupations Relationships Low Frequency Words abide according adaptation alleyways bellewood bibles bonbons brochure budnick caruthers chortles combination confusion curled curls curry dachshund dame dandelions dating decker depression dimpled disney drawn drooling edgit edgit's encyclopedias eternity exterior eyeing fella fellas ferry flexing flyaway fraying furtively gadgets german glance gonna gotta grant's grimy grouses guaranteed heartbeat housekeeper's housewives humid idjit image invisible islands jersey ladies laughter lazily mange mansion medicine melvin miami minerva mirrored model mouser murder mused nature necco opinions orangey otherwise oughta overalls overnight owe owes panama paradise patches peddling pennsylvania peppermint pomade president product ragged resist reunion ridiculous rooming salesman sandwiched satisfied sears serum shepherd sidelong slugged smokey smoothing soot spiderweb spitball stark startled swellest swerving sylvia tanner termite tire's toddler tonic twining venetian wadded wafers weather's whine who'll windshield yelp