Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
2.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1435
Points per Word
0.000348
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
A young boy whose father is serving overseas during World War II struggles to overcome his fears, especially his fear of the horses that pull trade wagons through his neighborhood, as he works odd jobs for money to buy his father a birthday present.