Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.8
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
56630
Points per Word
0.000141
Page Count
244
Points per Page
0.032787
Description
Comfort by Carolee Dean is a young adult novel about fourteen-year-old Kenny Roy Willson, who lives in Comfort, Texas. After his alcoholic father is released from prison, Kenny fantasizes about escaping his hometown. The story explores themes of family, poverty, and the desire for a different life.