Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.3
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
12832
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
215
Points per Page
0.009302
Description
After their mother dies, Libertad and his younger brother leave Guatemala City and perform as street musicians along the Rio Grand River while hoping to cross the border into the United States to locate their father. The plot contains drug use.