Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.2
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
49581
Points per Word
0.000141
Page Count
181
Points per Page
0.038674
Description
When Willis Merrill's strange family moves into sixth-grader Lydia Carson's quiet southern Indiana town, she initially despises her new neighbor and classmate, who seems as wild as the raccoon that is his closest companion.