Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
74580
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
296
Points per Page
0.037162
Description
In 1961 Alabama, 12-yr-old Johnny looks after his disabled pa when his older brother leaves for military service, but secrets from the past, Cuban politics, and racial tensions make the task challenging. The plot contains racial slurs.