Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.7
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
65378
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
304
Points per Page
0.032895
Description
Amid the Chinese-Malay conflict in Kuala Lumpur in 1969, sixteen-year-old Melati must overcome prejudice, violence, and her own OCD to find her way back to her mother. Text contains graphic violence, mental illness, and racial slurs.