Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
49899
Points per Word
0.00016
Page Count
278
Points per Page
0.028777
Description
While recovering from polio, Franny, a young girl of imagination, curiosity, and stubbornness, begins a correspondence with a flea named Fleabrain. The plot contains descriptions of animal experimentation.