Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
46016
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
256
Points per Page
0.027344
Description
In wintry Colorado during the 1930s, eleven-year-old Dessa Dean mourns the death of her beloved mother, but the arrival of an injured dog and the friendship they form is just what they need to change their lives forever.