Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
77916
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
341
Points per Page
0.035191
Description
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah, the first freeborn child in Buxton, Canada, a haven for slaves fleeing the American South, uses his wits to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.