Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.2
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
30380
Points per Word
0.000132
Page Count
329
Points per Page
0.012158
Description
After his father's tragic death, twelve-year-old Keith James moves from Brooklyn to a small midwestern town where his mixed race heritage is not accepted, but he finds comfort in the music of Jimi Hendrix and the friendship of a white classmate.