Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.6
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
56512
Points per Word
0.000159
Page Count
230
Points per Page
0.03913
Description
Ekundayo, a Dogon spirit brought to America from Africa, inhabits the body of a young African American slave on a Virginia plantation, where he experiences loss, sorrow, and reconciliation in the months preceding the Civil War.