Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
32011
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
284
Points per Page
0.017606
Series
NO OFFICIAL SERIES TITLE
Description
In this companion novel to A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO and A YEAR DOWN YONDER set in 1958, a larger-than-life neighbor bestows surprising gifts on twelve-year-old Bob Barnhart and his family, who have recently moved to a small Illinois town.