Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.8
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52908
Points per Word
0.000132
Page Count
224
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
Eleven-year-old Ant, stuck in a family that she does not like, copes by pretending that her "real" parents are coming to rescue her, by loving her dog Pistachio, by volunteering at the zoo, and by telling lies.