Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1609
Points per Word
0.000311
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Series
Benito
Description
As they prepare to make the traditional "chile ristras," strings of red peppers, Christina's grandmother tells her the story of how magical chile seeds given to her great grandfather, a farmer in New Mexico, ensured the continuation of the chile pepper.