Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
57185
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
303
Points per Page
0.029703
Description
When a racist incident rocks her town, eleven-year-old Lekha must decide whether to speak up or stay silent, even as she struggles to navigate her life at home, where she can be herself, and at school, where she is teased. The story contains violence.