Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
58164
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
240
Points per Page
0.0375
Description
In Mississippi in 1955, a white sixteen-year-old finds himself at odds with his grandfather over issues surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old African American from Chicago.