Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
59142
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
280
Points per Page
0.032143
Description
While obtaining a Western education at a prestigious Japanese boarding school in 1890, sixteen-year-old Toyo also receives traditional samurai training, which has profound effects on both his baseball game and his relationship with his father.