Title - Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Author: Lin, Grace Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish and then joins a dragon on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of discovering how to change her family's fortune. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2387 5.6 960 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 46 Total # of Words 3690 # of Different Words 888 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 2697 73.1% # of Hi freq words 381 42.9% % of Long Sentences 19.9 Low Freq occurs 193 5.2% # of Low freq words 148 16.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Difficult Chapters Sequence of Events: Several shifts in time Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Integral Setting Simple Plot Alternating voice Topics Storytelling Challenges Dragons Adventures *Fictional Ideas/Charac China/Chinese Low Frequency Words acceptance accompanied achieve acquainted amends anguish approved astonishment basin bitterness brocade brutal carriage carriages ceremony complaints constant conversation coveted crafted crawling curious cursed decision delicate despair destined discouraged dishonor disobedience drought dumbfounded elsewhere embarrassment embroidered engrossed enviously eventually exhaustion exited fiery fingering forgiveness fortune fruitless fulfilled future glancing glimpse glossy government grief grocer grocer's grueling guardian guesthouse halting harsh harvest horrified ignored impatient impatiently imperial impractical impulsive indifference indignant influence infuriated inherit inking inquiries irritation jagged jewels knowledge language lantern lively manipulation marriage meager meantime mini minli minli's misery moments moonlight murmuring neighbor ninth oddity offended outwitted overheard overwhelmed painstakingly patiently peace pearl perished pitiless placidly pleaded purpose raindrops reflected resentfully respect reunite reunited reverence richness rough royal ruthless sacrifice scoffed scrawls season seedling servant servants shortly soften spat spooned stony stooping strategy stubborn subordinates suited survived swallow thread threads transform unnoticed villagers vowed weariness wheeled withered wrath