Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.4
Points
20.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
120520
Points per Word
0.000166
Page Count
330
Points per Page
0.060606
Description
The author recalls his poverty-stricken youth in Alabama in the 1960s and 70s, focusing on the efforts of his mother to protect her sons from the violence of their father, and telling of the sacrifices she made so her children could have a better life.