Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.0
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
32228
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
149
Points per Page
0.033557
Description
Relates the experiences of a twelve-year-old Vietnamese boy who comes to the United States to live with his mother and American marine stepfather during the Vietnamese war.