Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.4
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52405
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
222
Points per Page
0.036036
Description
The daughter of poor sharecroppers in rural Illinois, Plenty Porter is the youngest of eleven children. In their cramped, old farmhouse, with thirteen mouths needing to be fed, Plenty feels as though she is one too many.