Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.1
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51316
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
250
Points per Page
0.032
Description
Having just moved from India to Los Angeles, 16-year-old Shalini struggles to fit in at school and to keep house for her depressed mother, but the real challenge comes when she begins falling in love with an American boy, despite being engaged.