Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
48308
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
216
Points per Page
0.032407
Description
April is delighted when President and Mrs. Hoover build a school near her Madison County, VA, home, but her family's poverty, grief over the accidental death of her brother, and other problems assure that life is never easy for April.