Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.8
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
58236
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
214
Points per Page
0.042056
Description
Chronicles nine years in the lives of two South African youths--one black, one white--as their friendship ends in a violent confrontation between student and soldier.