Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.5
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
37259
Points per Word
0.000134
Page Count
154
Points per Page
0.032468
Description
Eighth grader Linda struggles to understand who she is within the context of her mother's secrecy about the family background, her discomfort with her old girlfriends, and her involvement with the family problems of her Cuban American friend Ramón.