Fourteen-year-old Madeleine of Cambridge, England, struggling to cope with poverty and her mother's illness, and fifteen-year-old Elliot of the Kingdom of Cello in a parallel world where colors are villainous and his father is missing, begin exchanging notes through a crack between their worlds and find they can be of great help to each other. Interest Level: YA Reading Level: 5.6 ATOS Book Level: 5.6 AR Interest Level: MG AR Points: 16 AR Quiz: 157721EN Reading Counts Level: 5.3 Reading Counts Points: 24 Lexile Measure: 800.