Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.3
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
54217
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
224
Points per Page
0.035714
Description
Having fled Cambodia four years earlier to escape the Khmer Rouge army, seventeen-year-old Sundara is torn between remaining faithful to her own people and enjoying life in her Oregon high school as a "regular" American.