Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.4
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
73025
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
329
Points per Page
0.033435
Description
On Cape Cod in 1972, eleven-year-old Naomi, known as Chirp for her love of birds, gets help from neighbor Joey as she struggles to cope with her mother's multiple sclerosis and its effect on her father and sister.