Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.2
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
48248
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
217
Points per Page
0.032258
Description
Thanks to her superstitious mother, Esther knows some tricks for avoiding bad luck. But even luck can't keep her family safe from the Great Depression when Pa loses his job and the family leaves their comfy Chicago life behind for a farm in Wisconsin.