Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
39086
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
282
Points per Page
0.021277
Description
When her mother uproots them again and takes a job as a housekeeper, ten-year-old Mavis is determined to find a best friend in Alabama, where the summer also holds the promise of friendship and change for a sad man, a stray dog, and a timid girl.