Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.0
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
75946
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
336
Points per Page
0.032738
Description
Sixteen-year-old Ruby McQueen and her mother, both nursing broken hearts, set out on a journey to reunite an elderly woman with her long-lost love and in the process learn many things about "the real ties that bind" people to one another.