Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
86846
Points per Word
0.00015
Page Count
305
Points per Page
0.042623
Description
In 1970s Detroit, after the departure of her mother, African-American teenager Rae struggles to care for her ill father, who suffers debilitating migraines, and tries to make sense of her parents' dysfunctional relationship and her own future.