Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.0
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
3212
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
176
Points per Page
0.002841
Description
The lives of two boys, one teen growing up in 1977 suburban Chicago who has a habit of shoplifting and another living in 1941 Berkeley whose family is forced into a Japanese American internment camp, intersect as they learn about compassion and loyalty.