Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
2.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
513
Points per Word
0.000975
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Rita, a young girl living in New York's El Barrio, describes the Afro-Caribbean dance music, salsa, and imagines being a salsa orchestra director.