Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.7
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
29219
Points per Word
0.000171
Page Count
168
Points per Page
0.029762
Description
Thirteen-year-old "Houdini" Smith and his friends start a leaf-raking business, befriend Old Man Jackson, a Vietnam War veteran with a seriously intimidating dog, and get even with the neighborhood bully. The plot contains mild profanity and alcohol use.