Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.0
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52106
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
248
Points per Page
0.032258
Description
To escape the Nazi persecution in 1938, Lily Toufar, a young Jewish girl, moves to Shanghai with her family, where they endure horrific conditions and continual hope for an end to the war. The plot contains descriptions of war violence.