Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.2
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
23632
Points per Word
0.000127
Page Count
353
Points per Page
0.008499
Description
Inspired by a true story, this novel in verse relates the tale of siblings Sosi, Shahen, and Mariam, who survive the Armenian genocide of 1915 by escaping alone from Turkey over the mountains. The text contains descriptions of violence.