Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.0
Points
16.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
107653
Points per Word
0.000149
Description
Samuel, a well-mannered black boy, takes the blame for his mischievous younger brother's prank and is sold into slavery in America's South, where he plans diligently to regain his freedom. The plot contains profanity, violence, and racial slurs.