Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
65283
Points per Word
0.000153
Description
In 1945, after surviving a harrowing year in Auschwitz, fourteen-year-old Elli returns, along with her mother and brother, to the family home, now part of Slovakia, where they try to find a way to rebuild their shattered lives.