Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.1
Points
15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
87250
Points per Word
0.000172
Page Count
313
Points per Page
0.047923
Description
Twelve-year-old Canada and her family, living in an embassy enclave in Turkey in the mid-1970s, find their lives becoming complicated when Canada becomes enamored with a Turkish houseboy. The plot contains profanity and sexual references.