Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.5
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
53974
Points per Word
0.00013
Page Count
200
Points per Page
0.035
Description
It's a blistering hot summer and nine-year-old Michele and his gang are exploring the scorched wheatfields that surround their village. When they find an abandoned farmhouse, they play a game of forfeits and Michele makes a terrifying discovery.