Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.3
Points
19.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
118340
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
308
Points per Page
0.061688
Description
"Strange but True" by John Searles is about Philip Chase, who moves back home with his mother Charlene after a mysterious fall from his New York City apartment. Charlene is still grieving the death of her younger son Ronnie, who died five years earlier. Their lives take an unexpected turn when Ronnie's high school girlfriend arrives at their home nine months pregnant with Ronnie's child.