Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.2
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
58908
Points per Word
0.000136
Page Count
272
Points per Page
0.029412
Description
After losing his hand in an accident in his father’s butcher shop in 1946, sixth-grader Norman uses hard work and humor to learn to live with his disability and to succeed at baseball, art, and other activities.