Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity cover

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Author: Boo, Katherine

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 7.8
Points 14.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 77836
Points per Word 0.00018
Page Count 421
Points per Page 0.033254

Description

Based on three years of reporting, this book examines and provides real-life accounts of the daily life and struggles of poor, urban families living in Bombay, India. The text contains profanity, graphic violence, and language of racial discrimination.