Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.3
Points
18.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
103395
Points per Word
0.000174
Page Count
282
Points per Page
0.06383
Description
This memoir recounts the author's childhood growing up poor in Chicago during the 1960s. The book describes her life shaped by welfare, the Roman Catholic Church, and the civil rights movement. It also portrays her mother's strength and resourcefulness in keeping the family together despite poverty.