Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.1
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
19493
Points per Word
0.000154
Description
It's 1848 in the Deep South of America. Rosa is a slave and her fair skin means she can 'pass for white'. With the help of her husband Benjamin, she disguises herself as a young white man and Benjamin's master. In this guise, the couple flee the South.