Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
46123
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
212
Points per Page
0.033019
Description
The Depression causes Ruth's dream of college and a teaching career to be no longer certain, but at the same time it enables her to grow as a person as she encounters others in difficult situations.