Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.0
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
30207
Points per Word
0.000132
Page Count
159
Points per Page
0.025157
Description
Valli has always feared the lepers living on the other side of the train tracks in the coal town of Jharia, India, so when a chance encounter with a doctor reveals she also has leprosy, Valli rejects help and begins an uncertain life on the streets.