Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.4
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
61277
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
272
Points per Page
0.036765
Description
Lost while hiking on the Appalachian trail, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland listens to broadcasts of Boston Red Sox baseball games. Trisha imagines that her hero, relief pitcher Tom Gordon, is protecting her.