Writing poetry helps fifth-grader Harper Lee Morgan cope with her father's absence, being evicted, and having to skip school to care for her brother while their mother works, and things look even brighter after she befriends a mute girl and a kindly disabled woman. IOWA CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARD 2011 - 2012 Interest Level: 5-8 Reading Level: 5.1 ATOS Book Level: 5.1 AR Interest Level: MG AR Points: 7 AR Quiz: 130979EN Reading Counts Level: 5.3 Reading Counts Points: 11 Lexile Measure: 800 Fountas & Pinnell: V. Teaching Books: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=14063.