Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.8
Points
15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
91453
Points per Word
0.000164
Page Count
400
Points per Page
0.0375
Description
Will Schwalbe shares his experiences with his mother, Mary Anne, when they formed a bond through reading and discussing the books they read during the two years she was being treated for terminal cancer. The plot contains war-related violence.