Because She's My Friend cover

Because She's My Friend

Author: Sirof, Harriet

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 4.9
Points 7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 47252
Points per Word 0.000148
Page Count 184
Points per Page 0.038043

Description

Mutual need creates an intense, difficult friendship between fourteen-year-old Teri, the well-behaved "baby" of an extended Italian American family, and spoiled Valerie, who has one leg paralyzed from a freak accident.