Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.6
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
62404
Points per Word
0.00016
Page Count
291
Points per Page
0.034364
Description
Life is not safe for Alem. His father is Ethiopian, and his mother Eritrean, and with both countries at war he is welcome in neither place. So his father does something which at first seems callous, but is in fact the ultimate gift of love.