Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.1
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
79638
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
293
Points per Page
0.044369
Description
A fifteen-year-old boy lives among the rubbish piles in the slums of Cairo and collects broken glass while hoping to find a future he can believe in.