Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
69347
Points per Word
0.000159
Page Count
260
Points per Page
0.042308
Series
Twentieth Century Classics
Description
In this postwar continuation of "Cannery Row," Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that is just naturally bad. The weedy lot, junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey, California are back.