Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
6.0
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
37831
Points per Word
0.000159
Page Count
150
Points per Page
0.04
Description
In this collection of short essays, Soto recreates in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood. The plots contain profanity, sexual references, and racial slurs.