Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.5
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
61555
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
288
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
Life with their mentally ill mother becomes unbearable for twelve-year-old Sarah and fifteen-year-old Carlie as they are deprived of food and forbidden to use the bathroom.