Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.0
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
5542
Points per Word
0.00018
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.025
Description
In 1934, twelve-year-old Kai leaves China to join his father in America, but first he must take a long sea voyage and then endure weeks of crowded conditions and harsh examinations on Angel Island, fearing that he or his new friend will be sent home.