Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.7
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
34762
Points per Word
0.000144
Page Count
304
Points per Page
0.016447
Description
This book follows Clare Kendry and Irene Redfield, two light-skinned black women who try to escape racism. Kendry chooses to sever all ties with her background and passes herself off as white, while Redfield simply denies that racism exists.