Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.6
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
5929
Points per Word
0.000169
Page Count
73
Points per Page
0.013699
Description
A thirteen-year-old African American boy chronicles what happens to his family when his father, who temporarily left, returns home, and they all must deal with their feelings of anger, hope, abandonment, and fear.