Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.2
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42255
Points per Word
0.000142
Page Count
264
Points per Page
0.022727
Description
Essie, a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, GA is offered the opportunity to leave her shameful past and be transformed into an educated high-society woman.