Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
40881
Points per Word
0.000147
Description
Lydia, her young brother and sister are orphans. They have little to eat and can't go to school, but Lydia is determined to do her best despite their gran's every effort to make life more difficult. She draws strength from her mum's memory book.