Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.5
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
45140
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
272
Points per Page
0.025735
Description
In 1962 amid the possibility of nuclear war, Scott's dad is the only one in the neighborhood who prepares for the worst, and after the bomb drops, eleven-year-old Scott, his family, and a handful of neighbors endure the worst of conditions.