Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America
Author: Carpenter, Nora Shalaway
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
70286
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
300
Points per Page
0.036667
Description
Sixteen short stories, including a couple comics, address misconceptions about small towns. Text has profanity, sexual situations, violence, drug use, alcohol abuse, bullying, animal abuse & negative stereotypes. Themes include homophobia and racism.