Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.7
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
35413
Points per Word
0.000141
Page Count
200
Points per Page
0.025
Description
In the Bronx, New York, during the McCarthy era, twelve-year-old Jamie keeps a terrible secret about her family. But when the truth is exposed, her parents lose their jobs, and she is fired from the school newspaper.