Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.4
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
25460
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
128
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
Thirteen -year-old Lena and her sister Dion, mourn the death of their mother as they hitchhike from Ohio to Kentucky while running away from an abusive father.