Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51767
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
245
Points per Page
0.032653
Description
Twelve-year-old Della Kelly of Maryville, North Carolina, tries to come to terms with her mother's mental illness while her father struggles to save the farm from a record-breaking drought.