Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.3
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
19183
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
140
Points per Page
0.021429
Series
Orca Young Readers
Description
Yossi, a Jewish immigrant boy in Montreal, longs to play hockey, but when his father becomes ill and cannot work, all Yossi's hard-earned savings must go to help the family, not to buy skates.