Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.4
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
71517
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
271
Points per Page
0.04059
Description
Taking a job as a toll-bridge collector to escape family pressures and discover who he is, seventeen-year-old Jan meets and befriends Adam and Tess, and the three test their friendship as each faces a turning point in his or her life.