Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.8
Points
20.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
116254
Points per Word
0.000172
Page Count
339
Points per Page
0.058997
Description
Hyder interweaves his personal journey, a teenager struggling with his identity in his parents’ homeland, with a dramatic behind-the-scenes account of political and civilian life in post-Taliban Afghanistan. The coauthor is Susan Burton.