Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.7
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
61954
Points per Word
0.000129
Page Count
262
Points per Page
0.030534
Description
Kirk, a creative misfit who is in trouble at high school because he is bored with his classes, learns to deal with his alcoholic mother, new friends, and life with the help of a blind young woman who hires him to read to her.