Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.1
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
7516
Points per Word
0.000133
Page Count
103
Points per Page
0.009709
Description
A young African Cuban girl is sent to live with her aunt and cousins after the death of her mother. She begins to write letters to her deceased mother telling of the misery, racial prejudice, and mistreatment at the hands of those around her.