Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.8
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
53657
Points per Word
0.00013
Page Count
276
Points per Page
0.025362
Description
In 1953, 10-year-old Octobia May lives in her aunt's boarding house with an African American community that has its own secrets and internal racism. Octobia's questioning mind unfolds mystery and adventure. The plot contains violence and racial slurs.