Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.4
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
45455
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
196
Points per Page
0.035714
Description
Fifteen-year-old Mick recalls a series of betrayals and other life-changing events at home, school, and with his girlfriend and considers how those troubles led to his arrest for murder. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.