Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.9
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
84822
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
290
Points per Page
0.044828
Description
Sixteen-year-old Victoria escapes an abusive father by joining a circus in 1965. Fifty years later, her writings guide her granddaughter in facing the uncharted waters of public high school. The story contains violence, profanity, and sexual situations.