Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.2
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
50117
Points per Word
0.00014
Page Count
213
Points per Page
0.032864
Description
Following the death of their father, Michelle's brother, who had disappeared six years earlier, returns to their Texas town where, with the help of S.E. Hinton's THE OUTSIDERS, the two siblings try to find a way to move beyond a past tragedy.