Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.0
Points
14.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
96452
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
264
Points per Page
0.05303
Description
Dana, a young black writer living in Los Angeles in 1976, undertakes a series of unexpected and dangerous trips into the year 1819 to rescue Rufus, the young son of a Maryland slaveholder.