Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.1
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
75256
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
343
Points per Page
0.03207
Description
Reiko loves the Californian desert. It's a refuge from family pressures and her own secrets. Then she meets Seth, a boy who shares a love of the desert and her desire for a different life. But Reiko and Seth both want something the other can't give them.