Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52953
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
280
Points per Page
0.028571
Description
In a small Virginia town, sixth-grader Jessie Lou Ferguson has a crush on the hugely popular Conrad Parker Smith. When Conrad suddenly develops a medical problem and the teacher asks Jessie Lou to help him, they become friends.