Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51824
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
198
Points per Page
0.040404
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lizard takes a chance to see the world when a salesman from up north, claiming to be his father, invites him on the road. Lizard knows his real father is dead, but he also knows that this imposter could be his ticket to freedom.