Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.0
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
34583
Points per Word
0.000116
Page Count
339
Points per Page
0.011799
Description
In Miami, Florida, ten-year-old Essie has trouble finding the strength and courage to overcome her feelings of fear, guilt, and shame when her father abandons their family, a classmate is kidnapped, and a family friend attempts to molest her.