Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.4
Points
23.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
158012
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
722
Points per Page
0.031856
Description
Persecuted by racial divides in 1962 Mississippi, three women, including an African American maid, her unemployed friend, and a recently graduated white woman, team up for a clandestine project. The plot contains racial slurs and negative stereotypes.