Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
45710
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
278
Points per Page
0.02518
Description
In the jungle outside the growing city of Chandigarh, twelve-year-old Indian street child Ram discovers a hidden rock garden, and befriends its creator, a factory worked named Nek. Ram tries to save Nek's garden when it is threatened with destruction.