Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.9
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
14100
Points per Word
0.000142
Page Count
139
Points per Page
0.014388
Description
Five-year-old Emma witnesses the brutal murder of her mother during the 1994 genocide massacres in Rwanda and seeks shelter with an aging Hutu woman; but when war ends, Emma's fears continue to haunt her as she finds the courage to begin her healing.