Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.0
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
10434
Points per Word
0.000192
Description
On the train to school, Barbara writes a story but at a certain point she always gets stuck. One day, after a heavy snowstorm, she sets out on skis for the station, where she comes across an old postman who she has to keep awake by telling him her story.