Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.2
Points
23.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
154241
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
789
Points per Page
0.029151
Description
When the life of a young black girl is shattered by two drunk and remorseless young men, the mostly white town reacts with shock and horror, until her father takes justice into his own hand. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and violence.