Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.1
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
64875
Points per Word
0.000139
Page Count
312
Points per Page
0.028846
Description
Brought to Moscow in 1990's Russia by his mother's abusive boyfriend, five-year-old Mishka is forced by a gang of homeless children to lie and steal until he finds comfort and love with a pack of dogs. The plot contains profanity and violence.