Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.6
Points
14.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
87950
Points per Word
0.000159
Page Count
288
Points per Page
0.048611
Description
When Sam Webber and his mother are forced to relocate to a tough neighborhood closer to her job, the city seems a cold and unwelcoming place to Sam until he meets Greely, an elderly Black janitor at his junior high.