Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.4
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
27302
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
165
Points per Page
0.024242
Description
In 1924, twelve-year-old Ruthie finds her life in a small Oklahoma town complicated by the behavior of her older sister Daphne, an object of ridicule and dislike because of her limited mental abilities.