Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.9
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
47252
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
184
Points per Page
0.038043
Description
Mutual need creates an intense, difficult friendship between fourteen-year-old Teri, the well-behaved "baby" of an extended Italian American family, and spoiled Valerie, who has one leg paralyzed from a freak accident.