Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.9
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
76065
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
261
Points per Page
0.042146
Description
In 1905, as life becomes increasingly difficult for Jews in Ukraine, eleven-year-old Raizel and her father flee to America in hopes of earning money to bring the rest of the family there, but her father's health and Orthodox faith become barriers.