Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.6
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
934
Points per Word
0.000535
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
In ninth-century China, a little girl sends a small jade pebble to travel with her father along the Silk Road. The pebble passes from his hand to the Republic of Venice, where a boy cherishes it and sees the value of the gift.