Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.8
Points
17.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
110712
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
318
Points per Page
0.053459
Description
Ruby is a fictitious black town founded by proud racially pure men who emerged from the fight against slavery only to set up another hierarchy, this time based on gradations of skin colour.