Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.2
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
58157
Points per Word
0.000138
Page Count
290
Points per Page
0.027586
Description
In 1925, in a small Washington State community made up of families from different ethnic backgrounds, twelve-year-old Cuss tries to stay in school as he watches those around him struggle with various financial difficulties.