Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.0
Points
39.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
226905
Points per Word
0.000172
Page Count
692
Points per Page
0.056358
Description
Meggie Cleary is just a girl when she meets local Catholic priest Father Ralph de Bricassart. As she matures, so does the love between them, which becomes the greatest joy and tragedy of their lives. The plot contains sexual situations.