Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.2
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
714
Points per Word
0.0007
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.0125
Description
Shadow lives in the forest, going forth at night to prowl around the fires. In the African experience, Shadow is an eerie image that shifts between the beliefs of the present and the spirits of the past. Translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown.