Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.9
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
72967
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
291
Points per Page
0.037801
Description
This novel is based on the real life experiences of a Sudanese boy who, with thousands of other boys from the region, fled for his life and spent seven years walking through deserts, grasslands, and forests, surviving life in massive refugee camps.