Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.7
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
21004
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
313
Points per Page
0.009585
Description
This novel-in-verse set in 1980s Southern California tells the coming-of-age story of a Persian American girl who rides the waves, falls, and finds her way back to the shore. Text contains disturbing imagery, cultural bias and bullying.