Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
37239
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
210
Points per Page
0.028571
Description
Nearly fourteen and poor, Cecilia Gonzales wants desperately to go to high school and become a teacher, but her mother's old-fashioned ideas about a woman's place threaten her dreams. This book is coauthored by Denise Gonzales Abraham.