Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
27948
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
160
Points per Page
0.025
Description
Eleven-year-old Annie and her friend Violet tell of the hardships endured by their families when dust storms, drought, and the Great Depression hit rural Oklahoma.