Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.8
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
53005
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
288
Points per Page
0.027778
Description
In 1961 Cuba, with the threat of military service for children looming, twelve-year-old Cumba's parents send him to Miami, where he lives with a new family and misses his homeland. Text has violence and bullying. Themes include cultural & political bias.