Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
46650
Points per Word
0.00015
Page Count
230
Points per Page
0.030435
Description
It is 1951, and plans for an upcoming carnival and running away fall by the wayside when twelve-year-old Paolo, his six-year-old brother, and their ten-year-old deaf cousin become victims of prejudice after Billy befriends a Chinese American girl.