Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.2
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
29376
Points per Word
0.000136
Page Count
176
Points per Page
0.022727
Description
Ten-year-old Ricky, afraid of dogs ever since being attacked by a rabid dog as a young child, allows compassion to overrule his fears when a starving, scruffy pup shows up at the farm. The plot contains violence against animals.