Mountain Dog cover

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 5.9
Points 3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 17574
Points per Word 0.000171
Page Count 240
Points per Page 0.0125

Description

When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.