Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
14.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
94783
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
411
Points per Page
0.034063
Description
It's 1938, and Ping's poor family of nine has finally managed to eke out a living in the tiny cigar factory abutting their dilapidated home. Circumstances force Ping to go to work, changing the family forever. The story contains graphic violence.