Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.9
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
65449
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
372
Points per Page
0.026882
Description
Eleven-year-old birdwatcher Ben defies his brother in an attempt to save their father after the glass plague sweeps through their town and a voice on the radio demands the simultaneous shattering of all plague victims. The story contains mild violence.