Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.2
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4786
Points per Word
0.000209
Page Count
29
Points per Page
0.034483
Series
Landmark Editions
Description
A thirteen-year-old black girl from Pittsburgh describes what it is like to grow up in a tough inner-city neighborhood.