Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.3
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
66273
Points per Word
0.000136
Page Count
283
Points per Page
0.031802
Description
In small-town Missouri in tumultuous 1963, Tree Taylor, age thirteen, wants to write an important story to secure a spot on the high-school newspaper staff. When a neighbor is shot, she investigates and learns that some secrets should be kept.