Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.1
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
58175
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
294
Points per Page
0.030612
Description
Fourteen-year-old Joseph reluctantly agrees to draw a portrait of his reclusive neighbor, Tom, for a class assignment. Over time, like the silkworms Tom raises, both of them come out of their cocoons and face their fears. The plot contains violence.