Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
2.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
967
Points per Word
0.000517
Page Count
37
Points per Page
0.013514
Description
In Michael Dahl's "Crushing Covers," a group of young campers at a summer camp find themselves menaced by giant, runaway travel books that have escaped from the camp library and are rolling toward them like massive rollers. The story follows the Librarian, the camp's quiet book-keeper, who must devise a way to stop the destructive books before they crush the campers. Set at a rural summer camp, the book combines a light adventure with a hint of mystery as the characters work together to contain the runaway volumes.