Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.5
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
25357
Points per Word
0.000158
Page Count
176
Points per Page
0.022727
Description
Fifteen-year-old Joseph tries to avoid trouble and keep in touch with his father, who is serving in Iraq, as he and his alcoholic, drug-addicted mother move from one homeless shelter to another.