The Amazing Life of Birds: (The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech)
Author: Paulsen, Gary
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.6
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
13812
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
84
Points per Page
0.02381
Description
As twelve-year-old Duane endures the confusing and humiliating aspects of puberty, he watches a newborn bird in a nest on his windowsill begin to grow and become more independent, all of which he records in his journal.