Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.7
Points
15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
93316
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
474
Points per Page
0.031646
Description
Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared for Lily since her mother's death, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimised by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina.