Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.4
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1226
Points per Word
0.000408
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Jessie and her family leave their home in Alabama and head for Lincoln, Nebraska, where they hope to escape segregation and find a better life.