Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.3
Points
16.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
102260
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
320
Points per Page
0.05
Description
In 1944, Pearl Tull becomes the matriarchal head of the Tull family when she is abandoned by her husband and is left to bring up their three children alone. Now, thirty-five years later, the children gather together to share their story.