Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.7
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
16715
Points per Word
0.000179
Page Count
224
Points per Page
0.013393
Description
In free verse, Lupita tells her story of how, throughout her high-school years as her mother battles cancer, she takes on more responsibility for her house and seven younger siblings while finding refuge in acting and writing poetry.