Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.1
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
59371
Points per Word
0.000135
Page Count
321
Points per Page
0.024922
Series
NO OFFICIAL SERIES TITLE
Description
In the aftermath of Dr. King's death in 1968, 14-year-old Maxie longs to join the Chicago Black Panthers, whether her brother Raheem, ex-boyfriend Sam, or her friends like it, and is soon caught up in the antiwar and civil rights demonstrations.