Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.1
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
40604
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
231
Points per Page
0.025974
Description
Teased and abused for being grossly overweight, Jimmy, a fourteen-year-old Scottish teenager, who has a poor self image, turns his life around by overcoming his fears and learning to swim. In the process he finds out the truth about his parents.