Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.5
Points
15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
104450
Points per Word
0.000144
Page Count
384
Points per Page
0.039062
Description
When the Gardners hire Julian Sawyer to tutor their troubled teenage son Brandon, he seems like the answer to a prayer. Only eleven-year old Ruby has doubts about the stranger in their midst, who has so quickly become like a member of the family.