Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.2
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
54376
Points per Word
0.000166
Page Count
195
Points per Page
0.046154
Description
The author, a disadvantaged Mexican American, writes of feelings of alienation from his family as he learned English and earned a Ph.D.