Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.4
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
66096
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
245
Points per Page
0.040816
Description
High-school senior Mario and his nine-year-old brother Eddie fight to stay together after Eddie is sexually abused by their aunt's boyfriend. The plot contains graphic language and situations portraying the horrors of sexual abuse of a child.