Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
10547
Points per Word
0.00019
Page Count
96
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
Separated from their mother by the harsh social and economic conditions prevalent among blacks in South Africa, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother make a journey over 300 kilometers to find her in Johannesburg.