Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.8
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
32058
Points per Word
0.000125
Page Count
152
Points per Page
0.026316
Description
As thirteen-year-old Azad tries desperately to cling to the life he has known, the political situation in Iran during the war with Iraq finally forces his family to flee their home and seek safety elsewhere.