Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.6
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
67043
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
293
Points per Page
0.03413
Description
Seventeen-year-old Jenna, an ardent vegetarian and environmentalist, spends the summer in rural Canada learning to live off the land. As she immerses herself in the wilderness, she discovers that the rugged residents of the small town do not share her environmentalist and vegetarian beliefs. The novel follows her coming-of-age journey as she navigates relationships and reconciles her ideals with the realities of rural life. The book contains sexual situations and themes appropriate for upper grade readers.