Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
62089
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
295
Points per Page
0.030508
Description
Twelve-year-old Jewel was born on the day her brother, Bird died. She lives in a house of silence and secrets, but a new boy in her Iowa town may help find the answers Jewel wants despite her Jamaican grandfather's warning that he is a malevolent spirit.