Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51558
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
250
Points per Page
0.032
Description
A father's return home following World War I, creates problems for his family, especially for twelve-year-old Clothilde. Clothilde struggles to accept her father's disfigurement and opposes her mother's plan to sell her land.