Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.1
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
47714
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
180
Points per Page
0.038889
Description
Skip, an 11-year-old runaway, becomes friends with Billy, a homeless man, and together they flee a war-torn Australian city with 6-year-old Max and camp out at a seaside amusement park, where they are joined by Tia, a 15-year-old ballerina, and her baby.