Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.2
Points
17.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
109930
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
400
Points per Page
0.0425
Description
It is fall 1959, and Homer " Sonny" Hickam and his fellow Rocket Boys are in their senior year at Big Creek High. The town of Coalwood finds itself at a painful crossroads, and the strains can be felt within the Hickam home.