Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.5
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
60026
Points per Word
0.000183
Page Count
280
Points per Page
0.039286
Description
In San Jose, California, in the 1990s, teenaged Sara keeps a diary of life as an Iranian American, and discovers that she and her family entered America as undocumented immigrants. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and underage drinking.