Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.0
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
45883
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
193
Points per Page
0.036269
Description
Part of a large family, sixteen-year-old Ree has grown up in the poverty of the Ozarks. On a cold day, Ree, who takes care of her two younger brothers as well as her mother, learns that her father has skipped bail and now they could lose their house.