Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.4
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
40594
Points per Word
0.000148
Description
When his adventurous father disappears during a hot-air balloon flight, eleven-year-old Darius is torn away from his beloved housekeeper and sent to live with an obnoxious aunt until a strange bicycle repairman with a secret changes his life.