Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.6
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
16517
Points per Word
0.000182
Page Count
128
Points per Page
0.023438
Description
Although mute, Delia quickly becomes part of the "family" at a most unusual orphanage, where classes include Fairy Tale Studies, a field trip may result in a monster sighting, and classmates include a hedgehog and a boy whose head is an onion.