Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.0
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
28752
Points per Word
0.000139
Page Count
108
Points per Page
0.037037
Description
As a New York-to-Missouri transplant in 1943, ten-year-old Susan Marcus discovers a world of prejudice right in her own backyard and makes a small but courageous stand toward equality.