Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
18326
Points per Word
0.000164
Page Count
154
Points per Page
0.019481
Description
Mr. Odell, a neighborhood "elder," brings hope and heroes, especially Paul Robeson, into the lives of a group of young African American boys by reclaiming the town theater.