The Ogress and the Orphans cover

The Ogress and the Orphans

Author: Barnhill, Kelly

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level 5.1
Points 15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 100395
Points per Word 0.000149
Page Count 392
Points per Page 0.038265

Description

When a child goes missing from the Orphan House, the town's mayor suggests the kindly Ogress is responsible, but the orphans don't believe that and try to make their neighbors see the real villain among them. Text has bullying and negative stereotypes.