Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
41905
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
305
Points per Page
0.019672
Description
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to work in the labor camps of Southern California on the eve of the Great Depression. Text includes bullying and themes of racism and economic bias.