Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.5
Points
17.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
101138
Points per Word
0.000168
Page Count
339
Points per Page
0.050147
Description
Twelve-year-old David's grief over his mum's death at the start of WWII intensifies with his dad's remarriage and the birth of a sibling, so when his books begin talking to him, tempting him to enter into a magical world, he decides to take the risk.