Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.8
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
67777
Points per Word
0.000162
Page Count
304
Points per Page
0.036184
Description
Ansary describes his life in Afghanistan where he was born in 1948, and in America where he has lived since the age of sixteen, and discusses the impact of an e-mail he sent to friends on Sept. 12, 2001 to express his feelings about the Taliban.