Diamond Boy cover

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 5.5
Points 13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 86952
Points per Word 0.00015
Page Count 384
Points per Page 0.033854

Description

When Patson's family moves to Marange region of Zimbabwe, he works in the mines, searching for blood diamonds. When government soldiers arrive and force Patson to leave, he journeys to South Africa in search of his missing sister and a better life.