Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.5
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
38183
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
168
Points per Page
0.035714
Description
In 1931 Worcester, Massachusetts, teenaged Joey and his father join protesting World War I veterans, but when federal troops disperse the crowds with rifles and tear-gas, Joey runs away and ends up riding the rails with a group of homeless young people.