Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.4
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
9858
Points per Word
0.000101
Page Count
96
Points per Page
0.010417
Description
Ruby wants to be a teacher. After her father's death in a logging accident, she must quit school to care for her ten brothers and sisters, until a chance meeting with a lonely old blind woman transforms her life.