Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.4
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
13659
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
160
Points per Page
0.0125
Description
This story, told in free verse, is set against a background of street gangs and poverty in Harlem in which seventeen-year-old African American Damian takes a bold step to ensure that he and his new love will not be separated.