Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.1
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
73422
Points per Word
0.000136
Page Count
289
Points per Page
0.034602
Description
In 1954, thirteen-year-old Jubie Watts's eyes are opened to the harsh realities of racism when tragedy strikes her family while on vacation in Florida. The plot contains violence.