Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.4
Points
38.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
208773
Points per Word
0.000182
Page Count
552
Points per Page
0.068841
Description
Within one hour of midnight on India's independence day, 1,001 children were born. All of these children were endowed with special powers. Saleem's biography, containing disasters and triumphs, is inextricably linked to his nation.