Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.5
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
21646
Points per Word
0.000139
Page Count
128
Points per Page
0.023438
Description
After his father leaves their family, twelve-year-old Uton Hinds, known as Tall T, tries to earn extra money in his Jamaican village and tries to further his education as he ponders how he feels about his father's behavior.