Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.5
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51269
Points per Word
0.000137
Page Count
259
Points per Page
0.027027
Description
When her father hatches a plan to bring publicity to their small Tennessee town by arresting a local high school teacher for teaching about evolution, the resulting 1925 Scopes trial prompts fifteen-year-old Frances to rethink her beliefs about religion.