Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.4
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
61378
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
288
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
Amid racial conflict and trouble brewing at the U.S.-Mexico border in 1915, Joaquín and Dulceña attempt to maintain a secret romance. The plot contains profanity and graphic violence.