Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.1
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
36042
Points per Word
0.000166
Page Count
194
Points per Page
0.030928
Description
When Asa is 11, his dreams of playing baseball are thwarted when his mother attempts suicide on the very day of tryouts.