Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.8
Points
19.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
110500
Points per Word
0.000172
Page Count
355
Points per Page
0.053521
Description
Willie Traynor turns a failed small-town newspaper into a success covering a local rape and murder case. Jury members from the trial begin turning up dead when the man convicted of that crime is paroled nine years after receiving a life sentence.