Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.0
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
28036
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
168
Points per Page
0.02381
Description
When 16-yr-old Dulcie’s father dies, her mother makes a decision to move them to California, where Dulcie makes an equally radical decision to take her dad’s old truck and head back home. The plot contains violence, including acts of an abusive mother.