Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.8
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42932
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
192
Points per Page
0.036458
Description
The son of a Jewish father and black mother, Zach has never been allowed to meet his mother's family. After doing a research project on a former slave, he travels from his home in Canada to Natchez, Mississippi, to find his grandfather.