Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.3
Points
17.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
113464
Points per Word
0.00015
Page Count
432
Points per Page
0.039352
Description
When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, and how to allow people to help her when she needs it.