Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
55161
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
320
Points per Page
0.028125
Description
A 14-year-old Jewish girl finds herself the center of a civil rights battle when she objects to the high-school band marching in the formation of a cross. The plot contains profanity and negative stereotypes.