Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1401
Points per Word
0.000357
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.0125
Description
Ten-year-old Eli and other newly freed slaves gather to honor the memory of fallen Union soldiers, an event considered to be one of the first celebrations of what is now called Memorial Day. Text contains racism and disturbing imagery.