Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.4
Points
16.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
103556
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
448
Points per Page
0.035714
Description
This novel is set against the three decades of Afghanistan's history shaped by Soviet occupation, civil war, and the Taliban and tells the stories of two women, Mariam and Laila, who grow close despite the horrors they must endure.