Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.8
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
28200
Points per Word
0.000142
Page Count
279
Points per Page
0.014337
Description
In a rural coal mining town shortly after World War II, teenaged Eddie makes a startling discovery when he investigates the murder of a local high-school girl. The plot contains sexual situations and violence.