Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.0
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
80727
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
334
Points per Page
0.035928
Description
When her veterinarian father dies, 16-year-old Iris moves to North Carolina, where her aunt Sue spends Iris's small inheritance while abusing her physically and emotionally. However, the hardest to take is Aunt Sue's mistreatment of the farm animals.