Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
19989
Points per Word
0.00015
Page Count
106
Points per Page
0.028302
Series
Orca Young Readers
Description
Ten-year-old Rosario, a political refugee living in Canada, vows not to speak English until she can do so with a perfect Canadian accent. But when José becomes ill, she is the only one in her community who speaks English well enough to get him help.