Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.9
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
59211
Points per Word
0.000135
Page Count
304
Points per Page
0.026316
Description
In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.