Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.8
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
48495
Points per Word
0.000144
Page Count
198
Points per Page
0.035354
Description
Against the wishes of her disapproving aunt, with whom she lives in 1889 San Francisco while her parents are on a scientific expedition, eleven-year-old Penny tries to prepare herself for an acting career.