Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.5
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52796
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
228
Points per Page
0.035088
Description
Twelve-year-old Joey and his fifteen-year-old sister are trying to cope in a family strained by their mother's travels and their father's disappointment that Joey is more interested in drawing deer than hunting them.