Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.0
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
21221
Points per Word
0.000141
Page Count
128
Points per Page
0.023438
Description
Eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family when the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, and he must walk with other Dinka tribe members in search of a safe haven. The plot contains violence.