Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1450
Points per Word
0.000345
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Francisco misses his village in El Salvador, especially flying a kite with friends. Mamá can't afford to buy a kite, so he gathers discarded materials around his building and makes his own, which catches the eye of a store owner and leads to a project.