Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
49721
Points per Word
0.000141
Page Count
276
Points per Page
0.025362
Description
Nine-year-old Maria learns to play softball like her heroes in the All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League, while her parents and neighbors struggle through World War II, working for India's independence and trying to stay on their farmland.