Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
29062
Points per Word
0.000172
Page Count
320
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
When Soviet troops invade Japanese-occupied Manchuria during the last days of World War II, twelve-year-old Natsu Kimura must care for her younger sister as they struggle to survive and return to Japan.