Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
67490
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
252
Points per Page
0.039683
Description
In 1934 when her mother leaves her and her father, eleven-year-old Nissa tries to cope with the gossip of her small Louisiana town and the changes in her own life.