Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.8
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
10801
Points per Word
9.3e-05
Page Count
92
Points per Page
0.01087
Description
Sarny is a slave who wants to read and write, and Nightjohn is a slave who returned from freedom in the North to educate his friends. The plot contains violence and sexual situations. Themes include racism.