Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.7
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
74537
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
301
Points per Page
0.036545
Description
Thirteen-year-old Homer suddenly learns he is adopted and sets out from 1930s Iowa for New York City with his best friend Jamie to learn about his origins and, in the process, discovers what family really means. The plot contains sexual references.