Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
16709
Points per Word
0.00012
Page Count
107
Points per Page
0.018692
Description
When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience.