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Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 4.8
Points 16.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 106069
Points per Word 0.000151
Page Count 337
Points per Page 0.047478

Description

After six years in a loveless marriage and the sudden death of his wife, Quoyle along with his colorful aunt and his two emotionally disturbed daughters return to the family ancestral home in Newfoundland to start new lives.