Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
53080
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
207
Points per Page
0.038647
Description
On his twelfth birthday, Brady discovers an unusual egg in his own private cave on the beach near his house, and the creature that hatches from it helps him deal with his mother's death and his father's impending remarriage.