Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.2
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
5116
Points per Word
0.000195
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.03125
Series
Creative Short Stories
Description
An Algerian schoolteacher develops a strange alliance with the Arab prisoner temporarily left in his charge, giving him the chance to select his own destiny.