Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
47720
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
278
Points per Page
0.02518
Description
In the segregated south of Kentucky in 1953, 12-year-olds Callie, who is black, and Wendell, who is white, are brought together by an old dog that is seeking something or someone. They not only face prejudice, they find trouble at a haunted cabin.