Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.2
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1480
Points per Word
0.000338
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
As a young Igbo man, Amadi does not understand why his mother insists he learn to read, since he already knows his numbers and will be a businessman one day, but an older boy teaches him the value of learning about the world through books.