Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.7
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
36485
Points per Word
0.000137
Page Count
181
Points per Page
0.027624
Description
When her brother dies, thirteen-year-old Dellie is overcome with grief, but she reaches out to a neglected boy who lives in her building in the projects and learns how to have faith in herself. The plot contains violence.