Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.2
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
30831
Points per Word
0.00013
Page Count
207
Points per Page
0.019324
Description
When a formerly segregated North Carolina town hires its first African American teacher in 1969, a black girl and a white girl confront the prejudice that challenges their friendship.