Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.5
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
28048
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
128
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
In Mississippi in 1936, twelve-year-old Shortning Bread Jackson tries to help his falsely convicted father while dealing with the troubled racial climate in his town.