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.