Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
77142
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
345
Points per Page
0.034783
Description
Fifth-grader Jerome Barnes of Shoney Flats is exploring the town junkyard when he finds a strange mechanical robot-creature named Arkie, who is made of a collection of spare parts but seems remarkably alive.