Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.6
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
24336
Points per Word
0.000123
Page Count
181
Points per Page
0.016575
Description
A lavender rat that has escaped from a laboratory and a lonely boy whose parents are scientists meet on an orbiting space station, communicate by e-mail, and ultimately find themselves in need of each other's help and friendship.