Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.2
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
27959
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
176
Points per Page
0.022727
Description
Determined to stand up for their rights, eleven-year-old Rufus, a Black boy, and his friends participate in the 1963 civil rights protests in Birmingham, Alabama. Text contains violence and theme of racism.