Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.6
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
53460
Points per Word
0.000131
Page Count
310
Points per Page
0.022581
Description
Twelve-year-old Fern feels invisible in her family and when tragedy strikes, the fragile bond holding the family together is stretched almost to the breaking point. The plot contains racial slurs and negative stereotypes.