Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.8
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
54908
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
284
Points per Page
0.028169
Description
In 1961 after Castro has come to power in Cuba, 14-year-old Lucia and her 7-year-old brother are sent to the United States when their parents, who are not in favor of the new regime, fear the children will be taken away from them as others have been.