Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.8
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
15162
Points per Word
0.000198
Page Count
64
Points per Page
0.046875
Series
Stories of Canada
Description
Portia White, born in 1911, had a dream: to sing on stage. Even as a girl in Halifax, she could imagine an audience before her, clapping as she took her bow. But how could a poor girl growing up in a family with ten siblings make that dream come true?