Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
60917
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
336
Points per Page
0.026786
Description
In 1963, when her flamboyant mother abandons the family to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, eleven-year-old Ellie Dingman takes charge of her younger siblings, while also trying to deal with her outcast status in school.