Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.1
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
40891
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
154
Points per Page
0.038961
Description
On the eve of World War II, Alejandro comes of age on his family's south Texas farm. Rich with the customs and traditions of rural, Mexican American life, this novel depicts a multi-generational family in flux as change comes to their land and lifestyle.