Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.5
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
35051
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
184
Points per Page
0.027174
Description
Hoping to stop his parents' impending separation and keep them from getting a divorce, eleven-year-old Charlie runs away from their house in the California countryside and finds a ride to the coast.