Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.5
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
53855
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
230
Points per Page
0.034783
Description
The year is 1951, and Elli and her mother arrive in New York City. They finally leave behind bitter Holocaust memories and become real Americans. Elli soon finds, however, that learning English is only half as hard as "making it" in this new world.