Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.5
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51825
Points per Word
0.000135
Page Count
316
Points per Page
0.022152
Description
Babcock, a seven-grade African American boy who likes dragonflies, poetry, and music, falls in love with Kirsten, a blonde, at the same time that Uncle Earl moves in with his family.