Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.8
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
81992
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
334
Points per Page
0.035928
Description
This novel is set in a post-World War II coal-mining town in Pennsylvania and tells the story of the five Novak children who come of age during wartime.