Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.0
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
19884
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
124
Points per Page
0.024194
Description
When drought and his father's absence force them to leave the Navajo reservation at Bird Springs, ten-year-old Gregory, his mother, and sister move to a motel in Tucson, Arizona, where one of Gregory's teachers helps him confront his painful past.