Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.0
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
61910
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
240
Points per Page
0.0375
Description
Fleeing from his brutal father, fourteen-year-old Burl arrives at the remote cabin of an eccentric genius who in just one day changes the young man's life forever.