Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.8
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
27764
Points per Word
0.000144
Page Count
170
Points per Page
0.023529
Description
After his stepfather becomes an abolitionist, ten-year-old Joseph struggles with his own thoughts about slavery as he sees its divisive power in his small Kentucky town.