Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
57789
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
384
Points per Page
0.023438
Description
Abandoned by her father after Black Tuesday, thirteen-year-old Bea convinces Mrs. Scott to take in her and her sister in exchange for farm work. Book has racism, gender bias and references to violence and animal cruelty.