Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.0
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
43991
Points per Word
0.000136
Page Count
304
Points per Page
0.019737
Description
When his mother leaves to live with another man, nine-year-old Jeremy finds solace in nature and his artwork as he faces his own pain and loss, his father's depression and sister's distance, the pity of friends, and his father's eventual remarriage.