Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.5
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
61013
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
297
Points per Page
0.030303
Description
In Lisa Shanahan's The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It, fourteen-year-old Gemma Stone navigates a tumultuous year as her older sister plans a wedding, she tries out for the school play, and she gets to know a notorious classmate. The novel follows Gemma's attempts to understand her shifting emotions amid family changes, school challenges, and new friendships. Intended for middle-grade readers, the story presents a realistic picture of early adolescence.