Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
61064
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
311
Points per Page
0.028939
Description
Arriving at her aunt's 1977 Ohio farmhouse in the wake of her mother's suicide, a twelve-year-old spelling-bee champion finds support and healing through friendships with the local artistic community and a family of swans. The story contains violence.