Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
31269
Points per Word
0.00016
Page Count
368
Points per Page
0.013587
Description
After his father is killed, Paulie is sent to live with his aunt Bee in Houston, a city fighting desegregation. As Paulie gets into fights, he has to accept that his father died defending his African American friend.