Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.6
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
27813
Points per Word
0.000144
Page Count
135
Points per Page
0.02963
Description
Thirteen-year-old Amy is baby-sitting Malcolm, an eight-year-old with a reputation for making up stories. When he tells her he's witnessed the kidnapping of a schoolmate, Amy doesn't know if she should believe him.