Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.3
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
28815
Points per Word
0.000139
Page Count
152
Points per Page
0.026316
Description
In 1935, after his family loses their farm and is forced to move onto an Arkansas plantation, sixth-grader Talmadge struggles to endure their harsh new life and fights to stay in school against his mother's wishes.