Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.7
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
43272
Points per Word
0.000139
Page Count
231
Points per Page
0.025974
Description
Spanning the years just before and after the Civil War, this is the story of four generations of an African-American family whose emotional and spiritual center is Always, a willful, resourceful, and gentle young woman born into slavery.