Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.6
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
62404
Points per Word
0.00016
Page Count
291
Points per Page
0.034364
Description
Life is not safe for Alem. His father is Ethiopian, his mother Eriteran, and with both countries at war, he is welcome in neither place. So his father does the unthinkable, leaving him alone in England, in the hope that he will find safety as a refugee.