Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.9
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
48905
Points per Word
0.000164
Page Count
146
Points per Page
0.054795
Description
For a boy growing up in the northern Ontario mining town of West Spirit Lake, navigating the shifting family and community relationships can be as tricky as playing on the ice floes during spring break-up.