Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.3
Points
17.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
105147
Points per Word
0.000162
Page Count
432
Points per Page
0.039352
Description
It isn't safe for two girls to fall in love in 1954 America. Red-Scare paranoia threatens most, including Chinese Americans like Lily. But Lily and Kath risk all for love. Text has sexual situations, mild violence, underage alcohol use, drug reference.