Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
54706
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
312
Points per Page
0.025641
Description
Having grown up in a miserable home for abandoned children, a young boy jumps at the chance to exchange places with the mysterious, flying "loblolly boy," but once he takes on this new identity, he discovers what a harsh price he must pay.