Homecoming Tough-o-Meter

(2) Sea Level

Since this book is written from the point of view of a thirteen-year-old girl, the language, ideas, and plot are easy enough to get. But even though Dicey is only a teenager, this doesn't mean her life is simple. Homecoming might be easy to follow and understand, but the themes in it—abandonment, survival, belonging, suffering—are pretty darn hardcore.