Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.7
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
49573
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
244
Points per Page
0.032787
Description
The author paints an authentic portrait of twentieth-century China while telling the story of her painful childhood and her courage and ultimate triumph over despair.