Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.1
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
48174
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
271
Points per Page
0.02583
Description
When Ellie and Davey climb off the bus onto the dusty road at Larsen’s Point, things don't look like they can get any worse. Mum is dead, and the grandfather they've been sent to live with is nowhere in sight.