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.