Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.3
Points
26.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
170620
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
524
Points per Page
0.049618
Description
Set in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s, this book brings to life this tumultuous time, by weaving together the lives of blacks and whites, civil rights advocates and racists, and the events of peaceful protest and violent repression.