Title - Tut, Tut
Author: Scieszka, Jon
Publisher: Puffin Unicorn

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
The Time Warp Trio is back, and up to hieroglyphic high-jinks in the land of pyramids and Pharaohs! When Joe's sister Anna accidentally opens The Book, Joe, Sam, and Fred suddenly find themselves in ancient Egypt. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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1295 4.1 790 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 34 Total # of Words 3084 # of Different Words 899
Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 2222 72% # of Hi freq words 369 41%
% of Long Sentences 6.4 Low Freq occurs 188 6.1% # of Low freq words 133 14.8%
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
Chapters
Features
Integral Setting - Historical
First Person
Topics
Time
Problem Solving
*Fictional Ideas/Charac
Low Frequency Words
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egyptian egyptologists eternal excellent falcon flail flaming forefinger garments gathering
glorious goddess goddesses hatsnat hatsnat's hieroglyph hieroglyphics hustled ibis idiots
imitation instant instructions isis jeweled jewels jumbled junior knowledge lagged
lectured legged linen magician magicians mentioned miniature model modestly necklace
nee nowhere official ordinary ourselves paced paddling panic papyrus perfection
perform personal pharaoh pharaoh's pharaohs pharoah's pockets pose priest projects
pudgy recover reflexes research revere sandals scarab scroll shawabti shoved
signature slashing slobber sparkling staggered stalling statue statue's statues studied
swallowed swished sworn symbol thieves thoth tomb torch torchlight translation
trio trio's truly twitching unison vermin warp warped weighing whippy
wonders wracked wrecking yank