Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.6
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
40042
Points per Word
0.00015
Page Count
227
Points per Page
0.026432
Description
Freed from slavery, Mariah and her young brother Zeke join Sherman's march through Georgia, where Mariah meets a free black named Caleb and dares to imagine the possibility of true love. But hope can come at a cost. The plot contains violence.