Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.2
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
50380
Points per Word
0.000159
Page Count
597
Points per Page
0.0134
Description
Set at the time that missionaries were infiltrating West Africa, this is the story of day-to-day village life as lived by a warrior, who is banished after accidentally killing a clansman. When he returns, year later, his world has changed forever.