| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Drawing is what Ramon does. It¹s what makes him happy. But in one split second, all that changes. A single reckless remark by Ramon's older brother, Leon, turns Ramon's carefree sketches into joyless struggles. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 288 |
2.2 |
530 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
19 |
Total # of Words |
298 |
# of Different Words |
167 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
143 |
48% |
# of Hi freq words |
63 |
37.7% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
19 |
6.4% |
# of Low freq words |
15 |
9% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Clear cause/effect |
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| Topics |
| Writing |
| Drawing |
| *Arts & Crafts |
| Imagination |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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energized |
haunted |
inspired |
journals |
laughter |
leon's |
marisol |
marisol's |
peace |
poem |
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poems |
ramon |
savored |
springing |
studied |
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