Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.3
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
32545
Points per Word
0.000123
Page Count
224
Points per Page
0.017857
Description
In New Orleans's Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.