Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.4
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
76625
Points per Word
0.00017
Page Count
242
Points per Page
0.053719
Description
Foreign correspondent Neely Tucker chronicles the experiences he and his wife had while volunteering at an orphanage in Zimbabwe and describes the devastating consequences of AIDS on the population, especially the children.