Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.6
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
30202
Points per Word
0.000132
Page Count
165
Points per Page
0.024242
Description
Twelve-year-old Amanda has a holiday in Memphis after acting as mother and housekeeper during her mother's illness. She finds herself far removed from the Depression drudgery of her Kentucky mountain family.