Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.6
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
79407
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
290
Points per Page
0.041379
Description
In the midst of a 1981 meteor shower in Iowa, a homicidal maniac escapes from prison and returns to the farm where his 19-year-old son, Ry, must protect himself, his sister, and their mother. The plot contains profanity and physical and sexual abuse.