Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.7
Points
15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
99607
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
308
Points per Page
0.048701
Description
This is the story of Icy Sparks, a young girl growing up in 1950s Appalachia, and how her adolescence is marred by the humiliation of an undiagnosed illness and the solace she finds with Miss Emily, who knows what it's like to be an outcast.