Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.1
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
59456
Points per Word
0.000135
Page Count
271
Points per Page
0.02952
Description
Determined to make the varsity basketball team, seventeen-year-old Ray finds his efforts to play both hindered and helped by the atmosphere of racism in his town.