Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.4
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
71461
Points per Word
0.00014
Page Count
336
Points per Page
0.029762
Description
Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a Jewish girl, connect in a cooking club and bond over food and their mothers' struggles to become U.S. citizens. The story contains slurs and negative stereotypes. The coauthor is Laura Shovan.