Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.5
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52682
Points per Word
0.000152
Description
When their village in Zimbabwe is attacked, Deo and his mentally disabled brother go on the run, carrying little but a leather football filled with money. After facing prejudice, poverty, and tragedy, it is in football that Deo finds renewed hope.