Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.2
Points
16.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
111625
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
438
Points per Page
0.03653
Description
Twelve-year-old Blessing's family falls apart after her mother decides to leave her father. She finds comfort in the care of her grandmother, who teaches Blessing the ways of the midwife in rural Nigeria. The plot contains profanity and violence.