Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.6
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
59660
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
244
Points per Page
0.036885
Description
The only child of an over-protective mother and a well-meaning father, and in therapy since the age of seven, eighth-grader Calman Pulowitz spends two weeks with his pen pal getting drunk, running away, and learning about himself in Washington State.