Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
36276
Points per Word
0.000138
Page Count
216
Points per Page
0.023148
Description
In 1947, twelve-year-old Pattie Mae is sustained by her dreams of escaping Rich Square, North Carolina, and moving to Harlem when her Uncle Buddy is arrested for attempted rape of a white woman and her grandfather is diagnosed with a brain tumor.