Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
38974
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
269
Points per Page
0.022305
Description
Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights.