Title - Words of Stone Author: Henkes, Kevin Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Busy trying to deal with his many fears and his troubled feelings for his dead mother, ten-year-old Blaze has his life changed when he meets the boisterous and irresistible Joselle. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2470 5.7 970 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 2918 # of Different Words 1027 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2055 70.4% # of Hi freq words 405 39.4% % of Long Sentences 15.1 Low Freq occurs 195 6.7% # of Low freq words 175 17% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Character development Complex character relationships Simple Plot Symbolism Topics Stealing Death Fears Lying *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Parents Relationships Low Frequency Words ached agenda alien ample annoyed anxious bedclothes birthmark blotches blurred burials bury bustle chaotic comparison concocting construct contradiction converted crescent curtains dandelion determined distinctive doubled dramatic drawers drooping effect exterminate factly fairgrounds familiar fashion ferris fingered flecked flowered flung formation freckles frightening furtively gardening gasping generous gestured glance glancing glossy heaved hinged identity imaginary impulsively instinctive itched knelt knickknacks ladles lather lighter linoleum liquid locust magazines markings massaged metallic methodically mildly momentarily mowed multicolored murmuring nah nightmares nightstand nostrils nova's occasionally ordinarily organic outgrown oval overstuffed palms partial passersby paused peaceful pearl peculiar peppered perched plaid pleasantly possession precious precisely presence prickle prized pruning raising raucous recognized redecorate redo reena relationship relatively reluctantly replica resembled ringed ringlets rippled sagging scent science scrambled scrambling sensed series shelves shoved shoveled shrugged silverware similar slate solar solely spatulas squash stalactites stalagmites strangeness strutted studio stunned superstitious surrounded suspended tabletop tangled temporarily tension throughout thrust thudding tiptoeing touchable transparent truly typical unerringly unshaven urged urgent utensils vaguely vanilla various vision vivid wander wasps windowsill winking wispy wrinkling yawned younger