Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.2
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
65063
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
222
Points per Page
0.045045
Description
When fires lead to racial tension, multiracial 15-year-old Nina faces the bigotry of long-time friends and her parents' divorce, while learning of her great-great-grandmother Sarah's escape from slavery.