Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.0
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
33702
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
263
Points per Page
0.019011
Description
After monsoons wash away her family's rice crop, thirteen-year-old Lakshmi is sold into prostitution by her stepfather.