Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.5
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3720
Points per Word
0.000269
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
Martinez longs for the happy, stable home he had in Guatemala--before gang violence forced his family to flee to Mexico. Now he is being uprooted again. His mother has decided they must return to Guatemala to take care of the extended family.