Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
25593
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
136
Points per Page
0.029412
Description
A Belarus girl exposed to Chernobyl radiation is staying with eleven-year-old Jillian Nelson's family on a summer exchange. However, language barriers, poor health, culture shock, jealousy, and selfishness strain their friendship.