Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.6
Points
15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
100694
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
409
Points per Page
0.036675
Series
Carolrhoda YA
Description
Loosely based on true events in 1937, two teenagers, Naomi and Wash deal with race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people. The plot contains sexual situations, graphic violence, and racial slurs.