Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.5
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51129
Points per Word
0.000137
Page Count
380
Points per Page
0.018421
Description
Knowing very little English, eleven-year-old Jingwen feels like an alien when his family immigrates to Australia. He copes with loneliness and the loss of his father by baking elaborate cakes.