Title - Weetzie Bat Author: Block, Francesca Lia Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Contains profanity, sexual content, homosexuality. This story follows the wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her Los Angeles friends, Dirk, Duck, and My-Secret-Agent-Lover-Man. Persuade Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3343 7+ 1100 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 105 Total # of Words 1778 # of Different Words 705 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 1118 62.9% # of Hi freq words 254 36% % of Long Sentences 15.8 Low Freq occurs 157 8.8% # of Low freq words 127 18% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Required Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting Simple Plot Figurative Language Dialect/Accents Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Family *Family & Friends Relationships Low Frequency Words adoring alcoholic armloads awakened bagels beers boulevard buff burrito burritos canaries canker chic cigarettes coladas columns cringed curled dangling disney dreads duckmobiles ducktails earring earrings engineer envied eyeliner feathered fifi fifties fringed frosted gig glossy gorgeous graffiti grande graumann's groceries groped grunted gurgled guy's hairpiece handcuffs harlequin headdress houdini infatuated jewels knishes lanka limo marshmallow matinees mattress mini mohawk morrison naylor's nostrils noticing odyssey oki pastrami pastries perched piglets pleasure plunged pocked pockets poet poetry powdery practically practiced rasta realize respective reynolds rockabilly rosaries rough rubbery schwab's scratchiest semester sewn siren skinhead sleek slinkster smudged spandy spat stadium starwood stoplight suede sundaes surf surfers swallowed sweat swig syringe taffeta teethed tomahawks toupee tropical unfamiliar venice vex vulture waitresses wallets waltzers weetzie weetzie's weird wheeled whiskey wildest wincing wrists