Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.0
Points
16.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
107532
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
301
Points per Page
0.053156
Description
Based on the Starkweather and Fugate murders in Nebraska in the 1950s, this book examines the effects of violence and the power of love as the three voices interweave and show the lingering and devastating aftershocks of murder across three generations.