Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.8
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
36099
Points per Word
0.000139
Page Count
169
Points per Page
0.029586
Description
Following his father's death from a heart attack, thirteen-year-old Hand blames himself and his mother, who has recently returned after leaving the family years ago.