Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.4
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
53696
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
248
Points per Page
0.032258
Description
It is 1982, and nineteen-year-old Laura Reid is spending a semester in Leningrad studying Russian, but when she meets Alyosha, she discovers the dissident Russia--a world of wild parties, underground books and music, love, and constant danger.