Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
2.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1735
Points per Word
0.000288
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
After visiting his mother in prison on his seventh birthday, Raymond wishes it were his ninth birthday, when Mama has promised to be home with his dad and him.