Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
9060
Points per Word
0.00011
Description
At school everybody jeers Tommy because his reading and writing aren't good. But there's one thing he can read, and his struggle to understand it wins him the friendship of old soldier Jack. When Jack goes away, Tommy is shattered but he won't give up.