Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
2.7
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
12768
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
77
Points per Page
0.025974
Description
A nine-year-old boy is sent to a group home by his mother, who can't handle him any longer. There, he learns to trust the people around him and to talk about his fears despite his concern that his mother might not take him back.