Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.6
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
79600
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
362
Points per Page
0.033149
Description
In interweaving stories of 16-year-olds, modern-day Jesse tries to cope with the ramifications of her brother's death on 9/11, while in 2001, Alia, a Muslim, gets trapped in one of the Twin Towers and meets a boy as flames rage around them.