Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.8
Points
14.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
74912
Points per Word
0.000187
Description
Roy Kyle started writing his remarkable memoirs at the age of eighty-nine and almost completed his story before he died. Bryce Courtenay was asked if he would edit Roy's work with the view to it being published.