Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
40478
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
186
Points per Page
0.032258
Description
As she grows up in Midville, South Carolina, in the 1960s, Sissy's life is especially shaped by her relationships with her grandparents and the black woman who cooks for her family.