Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.2
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
48133
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
249
Points per Page
0.028112
Description
In a parallel narrative set in late 19th-century England, teenaged country girl Mary relates the unhappy conclusion to her experiences as a servant while, years later, young James describes how he became educated at London's famous Foundling Hospital.