Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
38169
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
167
Points per Page
0.035928
Description
After twelve-year-old Josh's mother dies, he is made to start writing in a journal. He reaches a better understanding about loss, however, when he chooses death as his research topic for school.