Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.4
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
85285
Points per Word
0.000141
Page Count
310
Points per Page
0.03871
Description
Fifteen-year-old Tyrell, who is living in a Bronx homeless shelter with his spaced-out mother and his younger brother, tries to avoid temptation so he does not end up in jail like his father. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and drug use.