Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52957
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
284
Points per Page
0.028169
Description
Emigrating from Russia after her father is killed in a pogrom, Sarah loses her chance to be admitted to America when her mother dies in quarantine at Ellis Island, forcing Sarah to take refuge in the Statue of Liberty torch.