Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.1
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
40930
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
214
Points per Page
0.028037
Description
Twelve-year old Curtis, used to taking care of himself and his five-year-old brother, does not worry at first when their mother does not return from her night job. But when the money runs out, the boys run away with their neighbor Mrs. Burt.