Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.4
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
32045
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
149
Points per Page
0.033557
Description
Ten-year-old Beryl is fairly content with her life in East Harlem in the 1960s, until she learns that her older sister is really her half-sister and worries that her family will begin to change.