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The Shocking Discovery

Author: Griffith, Connie

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 4.5
Points 4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 24829
Points per Word 0.000161
Page Count 112
Points per Page 0.035714

Description

In 1928, fourteen-year-old Tootie McCarthy tries to follow her mother's example of faith as she deals with the taunts of a local rich girl and accusations about a bank robbery, while helping care for her intellectually disabled younger brother.