Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.3
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1226
Points per Word
0.000408
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
When Mariko and her family are released from the Japanese American internment camp where they have spent the last three years, Mariko plants a garden to raise their spirits. The coauthor is Deneen Jenks.