Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.5
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
55070
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
256
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
Massachusetts thirteen-year-old Clare, grieving after her mother's recent death, reluctantly travels with her father to spend nine weeks in a remote village in Malawi, where new friends and experiences help open her mind and heart.