Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.5
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
33275
Points per Word
0.00015
Page Count
192
Points per Page
0.026042
Description
After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father.