Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
70363
Points per Word
0.000142
Page Count
355
Points per Page
0.028169
Description
Thirteen-year-old Dan blames himself when his best friend Nate is hit in the head by a baseball during practice. Desperate to help, Dan seizes on the suggestion that even in a coma Nate may be able to hear him, and sets out to read to Nate.