Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States
Author: Prejean, Helen
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.6
Points
18.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
103876
Points per Word
0.000173
Page Count
276
Points per Page
0.065217
Description
In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair. Out of that intimacy comes a moving spiritual journey through our system of capital punishment.