Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.1
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42330
Points per Word
0.000142
Page Count
195
Points per Page
0.030769
Description
In 1948, nine-year-old Katy Sue's mother dies suddenly, and Katy Sue and her family spend the next year trying to recover from their loss, assisted by Aunt Katherine, who quits her teaching job to help out on their Iowa farm.