Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.1
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
41866
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
289
Points per Page
0.020761
Description
Thirteen-year-old Louise uncovers secrets about her family and her neighborhood during the violent protests over school desegregation in 1960 New Orleans. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and racism.