Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
57362
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
297
Points per Page
0.030303
Description
A twelve-year-old Indian immigrant in New York City and a Kentucky coal miner's son become pen pals and best friends through a series of revealing letters. The coauthor is Neela Vaswani.