Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.2
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
20508
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
144
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
Devastated by the loss of a second father, thirteen-year-old Bird follows her stepfather from Cleveland to Alabama in hopes of convincing him to come home, and along the way helps two boys cope with their difficulties.