Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.9
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
28382
Points per Word
0.000176
Page Count
158
Points per Page
0.031646
Description
Edwidge Danticat has always feared the Carnival in Haiti, but one year she decides to overcome her fears by spending the week before Carnival in the area around Jacmel, tracing the region's history and learning about the Carnival and its traditions.