Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
45813
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
185
Points per Page
0.037838
Description
After escaping the orphanage where they have spent their lives together, two boys become assistants to a con artist. While Possum objects to the lying, stealing, and cheating, Billy cares only about making money and taking life easy.