Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.8
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
66605
Points per Word
0.00015
Page Count
304
Points per Page
0.032895
Description
Julian's parents, hoping to protect Julian and his brothers from the dangers of the turmoil in Cuba, send them to the United States in 1961 as part of Operation Pedro Pan, where the boys learn life in a Miami refugee camp holds its own perils.