Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.6
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
72596
Points per Word
0.000165
Page Count
220
Points per Page
0.054545
Description
This is a collection of short stories that describe Mexican or Mexican-American people who struggle with forces not of their own making: war, exile, migration, poverty, racism, and political conflict.