Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.1
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
54367
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
272
Points per Page
0.029412
Description
Despite his father's rules and his own fear of the water, fourteen-year-old Jamie joins his older cousin in taking the raft they made out onto the river, where a tragic accident leads Jamie to make the most difficult decision of his life.