Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
23683
Points per Word
0.000169
Page Count
101
Points per Page
0.039604
Description
Tom Higgins narrates his younger brother's struggle with an apparent mental illness or "mystery of nature" which drives the child to assume the role of an Iraqi.