Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.9
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
40784
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
213
Points per Page
0.028169
Description
In 1957, when her preacher father accepts a post in Jericho, South Carolina, Jo wants to fit in, but her growing friendship with a black boy forces her to confront the racism of the South and to reconsider her own values.