Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.8
Points
21.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
122936
Points per Word
0.000171
Page Count
423
Points per Page
0.049645
Description
Based on a true story, 14-year-old Dita is a prisoner at Auschwitz when Jewish leader Fredy Hirsch asks her to take charge of eight precious volumes the prisoners have snuck past the guards, The plot contains graphic descriptions of Holocaust violence.