Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.1
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
35841
Points per Word
0.00014
Page Count
232
Points per Page
0.021552
Description
After her parents are arrested by Chinese soldiers because of their religious beliefs, twelve-year-old Tash and her best friend Sam travel from their home in Tibet across the Himalayas to India in order to seek the help of the Dalai Lama.