Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.4
Points
18.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
109865
Points per Word
0.000164
Page Count
308
Points per Page
0.058442
Description
The Salcido family, immigrants to the United States from Mexico, struggle to reconcile their need for jobs at the mighty Nazareth steel mill in Southern California with the low pay, back-breaking labor, and harsh treatment they receive.