Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.4
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
46152
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
257
Points per Page
0.027237
Description
In 1948, twelve-year-old Nikko Spirakis must get past his hard-working parents and the rhino in the outfield to become a batboy for the local minor-league baseball team. The story contains gender bias reflective of the time period.