Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
63217
Points per Word
0.000158
Page Count
260
Points per Page
0.038462
Description
In Johannesburg, South Africa, in the late 1960s, twelve-year-old Emily, who longs for affection from her quarreling parents, finds comfort in the stories of a Zulu servant and her friendship with a young houseguest who has an equally troubled family.