Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.8
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
37113
Points per Word
0.000135
Page Count
162
Points per Page
0.030864
Description
Fourteen-year-old Nadira, her sister, and their parents leave Bangladesh for New York City, but the expiration of their visas and the events of September 11, 2001, bring frustration, sorrow, and terror for the whole family.