Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
5440
Points per Word
0.000184
Page Count
43
Points per Page
0.023256
Series
Creative Short Stories
Description
A boy growing up in a household where there is no love and no luck but always a shortage of money develops an uncanny ability to pick horse-race winners while furiously riding his wooden rocking-horse.