Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
2.2
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
6746
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
240
Points per Page
0.004167
Description
Peggy is scared: She's struggling to recover from polio and needs crutches to walk, and she and her neighbors are worried about the rumors of Communist spies doing bad things. Text includes violence, child abuse, bullying, political bias.