Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.8
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
46255
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
215
Points per Page
0.032558
Description
In Uganda in 1972, fifteen-year-old Sabine and her family try to preserve their normal life during the ninety days following Idi Amin's rise to power. The text effectively portrays the violence and terror of this period of recent history.