Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.1
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
58457
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
224
Points per Page
0.040179
Description
Born in China in 1962, Da Chen, the grandson of a landlord, found that he and his family were outcasts in Communist China. This is his story of how he triumphed over adversity.