Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
25114
Points per Word
0.000159
Description
Jim Liddell is different from other boys his age. He lives in the world of his imagination. At home, things are different too. Just before the end of term, Jim takes home the class pet, a rescued mudlark. Jim's life is about to change forever.