Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
15128
Points per Word
0.000132
Page Count
167
Points per Page
0.011976
Description
In the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, ten-year-old Sasha idolizes his father, a devoted Communist, but when police take his father away and leave Sasha homeless, he is forced to examine his own perceptions, values, and beliefs.