Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.3
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
6859
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
88
Points per Page
0.011364
Description
Short free-verse and prose poems reveal true stories behind several well-known fairy tales, some reset in modern times, as a strung-out match girl sells CDs to drug users, Little Red Riding Hood admits a secret, and Cinderella's stepsisters are duped.