Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.1
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42215
Points per Word
0.000142
Page Count
181
Points per Page
0.033149
Description
Though he makes it clear he wants to be left alone, thirteen-year-old Kelly tries to befriend Mr. Weems, a disturbed homeless Vietnam veteran who spends his days in the library.