Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.5
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
73940
Points per Word
0.000135
Page Count
348
Points per Page
0.028736
Description
After the slaughter of their families in Northern Mexico, teens Pato, Arbo, Marcos, and Gladys narrowly escape into the Sonoran Desert, pursued by a gang from the drug cartel. The story contains profanity and violence.