Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.2
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
44705
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
174
Points per Page
0.04023
Description
When his mother is killed in an automobile accident, high-schooler Josh decides to hitchhike across the country. He soon finds himself trapped in a mysterious village somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains among a group of people called Melungeons.