Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.5
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
60264
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
240
Points per Page
0.0375
Description
Sang Ly struggles to survive with her family in Cambodia's largest garbage dump, but she makes a deal with the rent collector in hopes of giving her son a better future. Text contains violence, alcohol abuse and disturbing imagery.