Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.0
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51495
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
287
Points per Page
0.027875
Description
In Bolivia in 1999, when their father is unjustly arrested and their mother leaves, 17-year-old Francisco and his eight-year-old sister, Pilar, must move to the dirty, dehumanizing, corrupt prison.