Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.1
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51575
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
291
Points per Page
0.027491
Description
In 1950s Washington, DC, Richard, a bookworm whose father works for the FBI, experiences effects of McCarthyism, beginning with book-banning and ending with a threat to the family of his half-Czech friend. The plot contains profanity and racial slurs.