Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
70460
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
275
Points per Page
0.04
Description
A pregnant teenager changes the lives of a grief-stricken family in a small Midwestern town during the 1950s.