Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.1
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
65879
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
348
Points per Page
0.028736
Description
Desperate to keep her older brother from being drafted in the Vietnam War, eleven-year-old Reenie strikes up an unlikely friendship with Mr. Marsworth, an elderly shut-in who helps her in her mission.