Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.4
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
71074
Points per Word
0.000141
Page Count
238
Points per Page
0.042017
Description
A widow soon to lose her ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills is faced with questions about family and the future when her sixteen-year-old pregnant granddaughter arrives from the city for the summer.