Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
38218
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
186
Points per Page
0.032258
Description
Binti and her siblings are orphaned when their father dies of AIDS. Split up and sent to relatives all over Malawi, they suffer increasing hardship until they are reunited through the influence of their formidable grandmother.