Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
53844
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
223
Points per Page
0.035874
Description
David Williams, a young African American doctor, returns to his hometown in the south and discovers that, while some things have changed, old ways and prejudices die hard.