Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.6
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
40474
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
215
Points per Page
0.027907
Series
First Person Fiction
Description
Writing in the diary which her father gave her, thirteen-year-old Yara describes life with her family in Havana, Cuba, in 1967, as well as her experiences in Miami, Florida, after immigrating there to be reunited with some relatives.