Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
670
Points per Word
0.000746
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
Yoshio delights in the everyday sounds of Tokyo. When a musician tells him that her favorite sound is ma, the Japanese word for silence, Yoshio sets out to hear this sound for himself among the hustle and bustle of the city.