Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.5
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
8718
Points per Word
0.000115
Page Count
74
Points per Page
0.013514
Description
Afraid of getting maimed for making fun of Brick, the new kid in his fifth-grade class, Alex decides that even his baseball collection will not protect him, so he signs up for karate class despite his brother's reassurances that Brick is not a bully.