Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.8
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42144
Points per Word
0.000166
Page Count
223
Points per Page
0.03139
Description
Astra Dell is stricken with a devastating illness, leaving the students and teachers at her distinguished New York prep school reeling as they try to cope with their friend's impending death and their own longings and attachments.