Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
15697
Points per Word
0.000127
Description
Alex is happy living with his siblings on his father's farm on Haiti but his father wants to go back to France and can't afford to take his mixed-race children with him. Soon, Alex must fight for his freedom and that of France. Illus. by Rachel Sanson