Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.9
Points
15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
91919
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
321
Points per Page
0.046729
Series
Ellis Portal Mystery
Description
Ellis Portal, once an esteemed judge and now a convicted felon, unearths a severed human hand while working on his garden. Ellis recognizes the ring, he once owned one of five identical rings, and all five owners were white. This hand is black.