Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.0
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
28276
Points per Word
0.000141
Page Count
144
Points per Page
0.027778
Description
Eleven-year-old Rinko grows up in a close-knit Japanese American family in California during the Depression. A visit from Aunt Waka helps Rinko think about things in a different way. The plot contains racial slurs and violence.