Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.1
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
60282
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
216
Points per Page
0.041667
Description
During the Israeli occupation of Ramallah in the West Bank of Palestine, twelve-year-old Karim and his friends create a secret place for themselves where they can momentarily forget the horrors of war. The co-author is Sonia Nimr.