The Thorn Birds cover

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.