Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.5
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
68217
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
276
Points per Page
0.036232
Description
Fifteen-year-old Carey and her younger sister have just each other. After their mentally ill mother disappears and they are put into foster care, Carey must face some horrifying truths. The plot contains incidents of child sexual abuse and violence.