Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
47862
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
250
Points per Page
0.028
Description
Twelve-year-old Casey lives with his father and grandfather at their family-run umpire school, and as he deals with middle school and his mother's unwelcome return, he stumbles on a story that has him questioning his dream of becoming a journalist.