Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.6
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
64750
Points per Word
0.000139
Page Count
431
Points per Page
0.020882
Description
In 1941, 15-year-old Lina and her family are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards. While fighting for her life, Lina vows to honor her family by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. The plot contains graphic violence.