Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.4
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
67194
Points per Word
0.000179
Page Count
321
Points per Page
0.037383
Description
Reta's happy life is torn apart when her eldest daughter drops out of school to sit on a street corner, silent but for the sign around her neck that reads "goodness." Reta searches to find what drove her daughter to such a desperate statement.