Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
66408
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
295
Points per Page
0.033898
Description
Fashion-loving twelve-year-old Tess moves with her deaf younger brother and impulsive single mother to Schenectady, New York, where they open an ice-cream shop and lead a campaign for urban renewal.