Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.3
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
77011
Points per Word
0.000169
Page Count
277
Points per Page
0.046931
Description
Moving from Long Island to Kansas after his mother dies, a teenaged boy nicknamed Sprout is surprised to find new friends, a fascinating landscape, and love. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.