Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
14.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
88258
Points per Word
0.000159
Page Count
384
Points per Page
0.036458
Description
A tightknit group of teens who grew up together in Japantown, San Francisco, have their lives turned upside down when they are forced into incarceration camps during WWII. The text contains profanity, slurs, graphic violence, and negative stereotypes.