Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
3540
Points per Word
0.000282
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.025
Description
Eight-year-old Garang, orphaned by a civil war in Sudan, finds the inner strength to help lead other boys as they trek thousands of miles seeking safety in Ethiopia, then Kenya, and finally in the United States.