Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.4
Points
18.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
111589
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
312
Points per Page
0.057692
Description
While reading Darwin's ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES, hoping to prove it wrong, fourteen-year-old Mel uncovers a family secret that changes her views on her family, her church, and most vitally, her assumptions about God and science.