Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.8
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
32666
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
224
Points per Page
0.022321
Description
Twelve-year-old Gary, known as Goon because of his constant clowning and joke-telling, tries to change his image and make new friends at school. The plot contains profanity, and an occurrence of guns in a school.