Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.4
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
53562
Points per Word
0.000168
Page Count
221
Points per Page
0.040724
Description
Emma Lou Brown's dark complexion is a source of sorrow and humiliation--not only to herself, but to her lighter-skinned family and friends and to the white community of Boise, Idaho. Emma travels to New York's Harlem, hoping to find a safe haven.