Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.9
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
38986
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
521
Points per Page
0.011516
Description
Raised in Japan, American-born tenth-grader Emma is disconcerted by a move to Massachusetts for her mother's breast cancer treatment because half of Emma's heart remains with her friends recovering from the tsunami.