Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.5
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
53361
Points per Word
0.000131
Page Count
304
Points per Page
0.023026
Description
Sixteen-year-old Michael runs away with a traveling carnival to escape his unbearable home life. When he returns home a year later, he finds that his mother is on trial for the murder of his abusive stepfather.