Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.5
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
45683
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
230
Points per Page
0.030435
Description
Fifteen-year-old Amanda, suffering rejection by her controlling mother, struggles with self-esteem and allows herself to be used to gain acceptance. The plot contains profanity, graphic sexual situations, and drug use. The coauthor is Lynn Biederman.