Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.3
Points
20.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
120243
Points per Word
0.000166
Page Count
603
Points per Page
0.033167
Description
As their island home and alligator-wrestling theme park is threatened by a savvy competitor, twelve-year-old Ava struggles to cope with her mother's death while her sister, brother, and father all try to deal with their grief in their own unusual ways.