Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.9
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
39617
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
141
Points per Page
0.042553
Description
Twelve-year-old Missy tries to learn more about her mother's odd behavior as she and her two friends share some secrets during a long, hot summer in Mississippi toward the end of World War II.