Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.0
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
38245
Points per Word
0.000131
Page Count
229
Points per Page
0.021834
Description
Told in alternating chapters, 12-year-old, terminally ill Mark conceives a plan to climb Mt. Rainier and runs away from home with his dog while his best friend Jessie wonders if she should betray Mark's trust. The plot contains mild violence.