Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.0
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
39471
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
178
Points per Page
0.033708
Description
Marcus and his classmates learn about the terrible problem of slavery in present-day Sudan and raise money to help buy the freedom of some of the slaves. Alternate chapters tell the stories of the slaves.