Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1479
Points per Word
0.000338
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
A klezmer band travels to Pinsk to perform at a "shvartze chaseneh," or "black wedding," an event staged by the residents to bring a miracle to their town threatened by a cholera epidemic.