The Secret Life of Bees cover

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 5.7
Points 15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 93316
Points per Word 0.000161
Page Count 474
Points per Page 0.031646

Description

Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared for Lily since her mother's death, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimised by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina.