Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.2
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
37120
Points per Word
0.000135
Page Count
178
Points per Page
0.02809
Description
Unable to cope with her father’s alcoholism, thirteen-year-old Sam corresponds with an older student, sharing her family problems and asking for advice.