Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.8
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
36292
Points per Word
0.000138
Page Count
189
Points per Page
0.026455
Description
While reciting her poetry at a club in Queens, New York, seventeen-year-old Orphea recounts her childhood in Pennsylvania, leaving after her parents and the girl she loves die, and learning about her family and herself while living with her great-aunts.