Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.8
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
68702
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
304
Points per Page
0.032895
Description
After having escaped with his family from Nazi-occupied France, Gustave finds a home in New York City, still worried about Marcel, his good friend whom he left behind, and is surprised to find bigotry in America, too. The dialogue contains racial slurs.