Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1538
Points per Word
0.000325
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
After a group of boys shout a mean word at young Desmond, kindly Father Trevor helps him sort through his conflicted feelings and learn compassion. Inspired by an incident from Tutu's childhood in South Africa. The coauthor is Douglas Carlton Abrams.