Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.6
Points
15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
105564
Points per Word
0.000142
Page Count
358
Points per Page
0.041899
Description
After his parents are killed in a car accident, and he learns of his sister's death in Los Angeles, Smithy Ide, overweight and friendless, embarks upon a transcontinental bicycle ride to claim his sister's body and rediscovers what it means to live.