Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.0
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
58464
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
288
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
French horn virtuoso Elsie resents having to join marching band playing a mellophone, but she finds a sense of belonging that transcends the pressure she has felt to be as good as her father, principal French horn player in the Boston Symphony Orchestra.