Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.2
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
32523
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
192
Points per Page
0.026042
Description
In the hospital after being beaten by Macoutes, a seventeen-year-old Djo tells the story of his impoverished life to a young woman who, like him, has been working with the social reformer Father Aristide to fight the repression in Haiti.