Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.8
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
27313
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
164
Points per Page
0.02439
Series
Jesse Stuart Foundation
Description
Having grown old living in his shantyboat on the Big Sandy River in eastern Kentucky, John engages in a final battle with a huge catfish he has been trying to catch for years.