Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
11187
Points per Word
0.000179
Page Count
111
Points per Page
0.018018
Description
The friendship between nine-year-old Penelope Jane and her schoolmate Katie is threatened when P.J., anxious to show off her running skills at the annual school track meet, slows down to let her non-athletic friend catch up and ends up losing the race.