Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
2.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
705
Points per Word
0.000709
Page Count
30
Points per Page
0.016667
Description
This biography contrasts the two worlds of Kirsy, an eight-year-old Dominican American girl, who lives in New York City but speaks Spanish as her native language and frequently returns to her island home.