Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.3
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
13590
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
84
Points per Page
0.02381
Description
Mel Jensen, an African American boy, is talented enough to be on the basketball team's starting lineup, but two of the white players want to keep him in the background.