Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.7
Points
26.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
166765
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
498
Points per Page
0.052209
Description
Seven-year-old Midnight and his pregnant mother, Umma, are forced to leave their privileged life in Sudan for a hardscrabble American existence in the projects of New York City. The plot contains pervasive profanity, sexual situations, and violence.