Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.2
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
26008
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
124
Points per Page
0.032258
Description
During her family's visits to the beach on Long Island, Ruth makes friends with a lifeguard who helps her handle her worries about the war, an outbreak of polio, and being the youngest girl in sixth grade.