Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.2
Points
22.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
152441
Points per Word
0.000144
Description
This retelling of a story from the Book of Hosea is set in California's gold country in 1850, where Angel, sold into prostitution as a child, must make peace with God before she feels free. The plot contains sexual situations and violence.