Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.7
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
32772
Points per Word
0.000122
Page Count
194
Points per Page
0.020619
Description
Fourteen-year-old Bobby, living in a small town just after WWII, finds himself facing new challenges as he tries to pull together his coachless basketball team, cope with new feelings for his old friend Joanie, and discover the identity of a stranger.