Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.5
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
61000
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
228
Points per Page
0.039474
Description
Nine-year-old Jane Gable's life changes in 1947 when her abusive, alcoholic father dies, the Turners move to her neighborhood, and her mom agrees to take young Milo Turner into her home after his family is killed.