Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
73417
Points per Word
0.00015
Page Count
294
Points per Page
0.037415
Description
With the help of some unlikely friends and a caring teacher, seventeen-year-old Christy finds the strength to survive and trust others after living a life of neglect and sexual abuse. The plot contains sexual situations and drug use.