Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.6
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52838
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
218
Points per Page
0.036697
Description
Twelve-year-old Billy James tries to come to terms with the sudden death of his best friend and learns about himself, his own family history, and life in his small hometown in the Ozark mountains.