Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.5
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
58791
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
213
Points per Page
0.042254
Description
Fourteen-year-old Khosi's mother wants her to get an education to break out of their South African shantytown, although she herself is wasting away from an untreated illness, while Khosi's grandmother, Gogo, seeks help from a traditional Zulu healer.