Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.3
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52760
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
216
Points per Page
0.037037
Description
Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.