Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.1
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
37120
Points per Word
0.000162
Page Count
209
Points per Page
0.028708
Description
The world of seven-year-old Robert, a farm boy in Vermont during the Depression, is populated by plain country people who "sparkle" despite their hardships.