Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.6
Points
19.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
115707
Points per Word
0.000164
Page Count
420
Points per Page
0.045238
Description
This book is the story of two Louisiana families, three generations of African American men, and their struggles to make a place for themselves in a country deeply divided in the aftermath of the Civil War and beyond.