Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.7
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
22226
Points per Word
0.000135
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.026786
Description
On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history and comes to a better understanding of relatives both dead and living.