Newes from the Dead cover

Newes from the Dead

Author: Hooper, Mary

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 6.9
Points 11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 67451
Points per Word 0.000163
Page Count 263
Points per Page 0.041825

Description

The story of twenty-two-year-old housemaid Anne Green, who in 1650 survived being hanged for murdering her child that was, in fact, stillborn. Told from the point of view of Anne lying in a coffin and a young dissectionist. Ages 12+, sexual content.