Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.4
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
3893
Points per Word
0.000257
Page Count
111
Points per Page
0.009009
Description
Driven from El Salvador by poverty and violence, Misael Martínez and his family join a caravan to Tijuana, Mexico, but learn the U.S. border is closed. Book has occasional images of violence. Themes include racism. English translation by Elizabeth Bell.