Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
2.3
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1015
Points per Word
0.000493
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Having crossed the Rio Grande into Texas with his mother in search of a new life, Joaquín receives help and friendship from Prietita, a brave young Mexican American girl.