Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.0
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
79978
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
312
Points per Page
0.041667
Description
Amabelle, a Haitian woman who has grown up as a servant in the home of Dominicans, and her lover Sebastien, an itinerant sugarcane cutter, try to plan for the future amid the storm of persecution against their people.