Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.4
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52552
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
276
Points per Page
0.028986
Description
When ten-year-old Margarita Sandoval's family moves to Wyoming during the Great Depression, she faces racism, homesickness, and the possibility that her grandmother's land in New Mexico may be lost. The story contains slurs and negative stereotypes.