Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
22693
Points per Word
0.000132
Page Count
161
Points per Page
0.018634
Description
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read with the help of a devoted dog, Sounder.