Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.7
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
29237
Points per Word
0.000137
Page Count
222
Points per Page
0.018018
Description
On St. Helena Island, South Carolina, fifteen-year-old Rose meets and marries Rene, a Yankee from Brooklyn, New York, who takes her north to his home where she encounters many differences in attitudes and lifestyles.