Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
7251
Points per Word
0.000138
Page Count
133
Points per Page
0.007519
Description
In early twentieth-century Cuba, bandits terrorize the countryside as a young farm girl struggles with dyslexia. Fefa's story is told through free verse. Based on the life of the author's grandmother.