Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.5
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
29149
Points per Word
0.000137
Page Count
288
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
Benny wants to focus on not flunking out of fifth grade, but he must also cope with his feelings about his parents' divorce, a mother who moves away, and a father with terminal lung cancer. Text contains mild violence and traumatic events.