Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51386
Points per Word
0.000156
Description
Judith hides her younger sister and her great-grandmother, Rabba, in a cave as the Roman army pillages her village. Joined by Claudius, a Roman slave, the group survives the winter and learns details about Rabb's friend, Maryiam of Nazareth.