Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.1
Points
18.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
107986
Points per Word
0.000167
Page Count
432
Points per Page
0.041667
Description
In 1833, in the midst of Mardi Gras, Benjamin January, a Creole physician and music teacher, is playing piano at the Salle d'Orleans when the evening's festivities are interrupted by murder.