Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.9
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
14921
Points per Word
0.000134
Page Count
60
Points per Page
0.033333
Description
In 1950s South Africa, Hally learns that his alcoholic father is to be released from the hospital and struggles with his emotions during a confrontation with the two black men who help in the family's restaurant. The plot contains profanity.