Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
47358
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
192
Points per Page
0.036458
Description
To avoid foster home care while their mother is recuperating from illness, three children run off to the home of a grandmother they have never seen, where they find a cold reception and a terrible secret.