Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.0
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
41034
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
170
Points per Page
0.035294
Description
Life in the remote town of Alder Creek, California, is boring for eighth-grader Sam and his friends, until his newly awakened ability to tell when a person is lying involves him in a series of mysterious events.