Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.4
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
36153
Points per Word
0.000138
Page Count
152
Points per Page
0.032895
Description
Muscular sixteen-year-old Paul tries to find his genetically stunted younger brother Sam in the polluted ruins of Watertown, where Sam is trying to cure himself with toxic "dead water" that alters the metabolism of those who drink it.