Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.6
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
57074
Points per Word
0.000158
Page Count
216
Points per Page
0.041667
Description
In the jungle of 1950s Burma, the orphan of an American missionary sets out to meet her destiny. Captured by Red Chinese forces, she makes friends with a fellow prisoner, a mysterious Burmese puppet master who holds the secret to her mystical gifts.