Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.5
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
29927
Points per Word
0.000134
Page Count
127
Points per Page
0.031496
Description
Near Goliad, Texas, in 1857, fourteen-year-old Josefina Gonzalez fears for her father's safety when a number of other Mexican cart drivers are killed.