Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.0
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
22927
Points per Word
0.000131
Page Count
118
Points per Page
0.025424
Description
Her mother's death and a year-long drought have made life difficult for twelve-year-old Rachel and her family on their farm in the Dakotas, but when she learns that her father plans to get married again, it is almost more than Rachel can bear.