Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.1
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
39094
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
208
Points per Page
0.028846
Description
Escaping from his violent stepfather, twelve-year-old Sipho heads for Johannesburg, where he has heard that gangs of children live on the streets. Surviving hunger and cold winter nights is hard enough, but Sipho also has to learn who to trust.