Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.7
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
62791
Points per Word
0.000159
Page Count
238
Points per Page
0.042017
Description
With her father serving in the Korean War and her mother working, Casey spends her 12th summer visiting her grandparents in their small town, where she makes friends with a 33-year-old man with the mind of a 12-year-old. The plot contains profanity.