Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.8
Points
17.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
100930
Points per Word
0.000168
Page Count
351
Points per Page
0.048433
Description
The author tells the story of her life growing up as the child of a single, often homeless mother, and discusses how circumstances conspired to gain her entrance to Harvard where she came to know her father, and figured out her place in the world.