Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.3
Points
15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
100556
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
292
Points per Page
0.05137
Description
Living on a frontier farm in 1941 western Canada, fifteen-year-old Beth, a sensitive, emotionally wounded young girl, copes with an abusive parent and conflicts over her sexuality as she struggles to come to terms with a harsh life and self-identity.