Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.8
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
27438
Points per Word
0.000146
Description
When their mother dies suddenly, May and her brother Billy are taken in by Aunty. Their loss leaves them searching for their place in a world that doesn't seem to want them. Text contains profanity, violence, racism, alcohol and drug use and crime.