Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
23991
Points per Word
0.000167
Page Count
118
Points per Page
0.033898
Description
When a retired railroad engineer rescues a steam train from the scrap heap, he sneaks it across the country along with his grandchildren, their teenage friends, and some of his old cronies.