Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.3
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
36746
Points per Word
0.000136
Page Count
131
Points per Page
0.038168
Description
When fifteen-year-old Miguel’s time finally comes to leave his poor Mexican village, cross the border illegally, and join his parents in California, his younger sister’s determination to join him soon imperils them both.