Publication Date: October 1944
Reading Level: Lexile Measure 870L, Scholastic Guided Reading Level P
Interest Level: Grades 3-5
Major Awards: 1945 Newbery Winner
Number of Pages: 96 pages
Approximate Word Count: 29,280 words -- The average reader will spend 1 hours and 57 minutes reading The Hundred Dresses at 250 words per minute.*
Audible Book Length: 54 mins
Book Themes: Forgiveness, Bullying
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Setting: An American Town in Connecticut -- School, Boggins Heights (poor area of town), Petronski House
Important Quote:
After a long, long time she reached an important conclusion. She was never going to stand by and say nothing again.
First Line: TODAY, Monday, Wanda Petronski was not in her seat.
Point of View: Third Person with a Limited Perspective
* Estimate from Book Length
