Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
38491
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
222
Points per Page
0.027027
Description
Twelve-year-old Neva and her older brother Clayton have been left with their grandparents for the summer, and she is having a difficult time dealing with change, including changes in her body, her neighborhood and her relationship with her friend Jamila.