Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.6
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
59317
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
260
Points per Page
0.034615
Description
In 1984 Newark, New Jersey, Beatriz Mendez navigates romance, gang culture, and her family's past. After her gang-leader brother is killed, Beatriz gives up her dreams of dancing in order to run the gang. The story contains mild profanity and violence.