Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.4
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
59340
Points per Word
0.000152
Description
After Rifke argues with her mother, she runs away and ends up stuck in the South African bush for a month. Rifke eventually escapes with the help of Willem, a young man who drives her to her aunty's house, where she finds her mother is very ill.