Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.4
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
38031
Points per Word
0.000158
Page Count
160
Points per Page
0.0375
Description
After her mother's death and her father's suicide, fourteen-year-old Teddi finds some stability when she moves in with Mamie, her good-hearted next-door neighbor.