Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.8
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
39781
Points per Word
0.000126
Page Count
259
Points per Page
0.019305
Description
Living in the projects, sixteen-year-old Jayson struggles with the harsh realities of living with an abusive mother and a drug-addicted father. Told in free-verse narrative, the plot contains graphic language, violence, and sexual situations.