Ten Cents a Dance cover

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 4.2
Points 14.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 96251
Points per Word 0.000145
Page Count 356
Points per Page 0.039326

Description

In the 1940s, fifteen-year-old Ruby hopes to escape poverty by becoming a nightclub dancer, but soon, unforeseen dangers and hiding the truth from her family and friends becomes increasingly difficult. The plot contains violence and sexual situations.