Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
46270
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
218
Points per Page
0.03211
Description
Aspiring anthropologist Janice Wills reports on the socio-cultural ordeals of being an almost-seventeen-year-old in Melva, North Carolina, including "Beautiful Rich Girls," parties, and the Miss Livermush pageant.