Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.1
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
62760
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
229
Points per Page
0.039301
Description
A young colonist on Mars befriends a strange round creature called Willis, who gets him into trouble when he goes away to school but whose presence and friendship finally enable the colonials to negotiate a treaty with the Martians.