Being Clem cover

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 4.8
Points 8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 50739
Points per Word 0.000158
Page Count 248
Points per Page 0.032258

Description

When nine-year-old Clem's father dies in the Port Chicago Disaster, Clem is forced to navigate his family's losses and struggles in 1940's Chicago. Text includes violence, racism, gender bias, bullying, mild sexual situations, gender bias, alcohol abuse.