Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.0
Points
34.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
201750
Points per Word
0.000169
Page Count
554
Points per Page
0.061372
Description
In 1954, when a twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear, both he and his father become fugitives. Their story unfolds over the next five decades. The plot contains pervasive profanity and sexual situations.