Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.2
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
76823
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
229
Points per Page
0.052402
Description
Christy Bannister, a fourteen-year-old boy, forms a unique friendship with a twenty-three-year-old quadriplegic who lives in an iron lung and teaches Christy some important lessons about life and love.