Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.2
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
15105
Points per Word
0.000132
Page Count
119
Points per Page
0.016807
Series
Matt Christopher
Description
After badly spraining his ankle just before the summer baseball season begins, Sylvester Coddmyer III meets a mysterious ex-ballplayer named Charlie Comet who helps him compensate for the injury by learning to switch-hit.