Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
38813
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
184
Points per Page
0.032609
Description
Jimmy and his older brother Frank share a love of surfing and their problems with a drunken father, until Frank turns eighteen and goes to Vietnam.