Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.2
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1257
Points per Word
0.000398
Page Count
28
Points per Page
0.017857
Description
The life of a thirteen-year-old orphan in Kibera, Nairobi -- a Kenyan shantytown built on refuse and rubbish andone of the biggest slums in Africa.