Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.6
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
46316
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
155
Points per Page
0.045161
Description
Maria and her brother and sister, Salvadoran refugees, are smuggled into the United States in crates and try to eke out a living in Chicago with the help of a sympathetic family.