Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
6.2
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
47721
Points per Word
0.000168
Page Count
200
Points per Page
0.04
Description
While conducting research for a school paper on smallpox, Mitty finds an envelope containing 100-year-old smallpox scabs and fears that he has infected himself and could infect all of New York City.