Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.6
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
40130
Points per Word
0.000125
Page Count
217
Points per Page
0.023041
Description
Nine-year-old Yankee fan and Bronx native Joey is sent to Brooklyn after his mother's death and finds himself battling prejudice in his own family, trying to win the acceptance of his white, Jewish grandfather, who looks down on him because he is black.