Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.2
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
53242
Points per Word
0.000169
Page Count
242
Points per Page
0.03719
Description
When the villagers of Bophelong are forced to leave their houses and resettle in a barren "homeland," 13-year-old Naledi and her schoolmates organize an anti-removal march through their village and face the brutality of the South African government.