Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.1
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
55264
Points per Word
0.000127
Page Count
288
Points per Page
0.024306
Description
14-yr-old Sicilian immigrant Calogero lives in Louisiana in 1899, when Jim Crow rules. Despite attempts to follow American customs, disaster follows his family, ending in multiple murders. The plot contains graphic violence and mature themes.