Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.0
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
44579
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
240
Points per Page
0.029167
Description
In a small California town in 1951, twelve-year-old Paolo and his deaf cousin Billy get caught up in a search for money missing from the church collection, leading them to complicated discoveries about themselves, other family members, and townspeople.