Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.0
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
47227
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
197
Points per Page
0.035533
Description
After his father leaves him with an old aquaintance in Texas, a resentful twelve-year-old boy lives by an auto junkyard while waiting for his father's return.