Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.2
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
59182
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
288
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
This fictionalized account of the 1884 lynching of 14-year-old Native American Louie Sam by a group of men from the Washington Territory is told from the point of view of 15-year-old George Gillies. The plot contains profanity and racial violence.