Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.6
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
77517
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
464
Points per Page
0.025862
Description
In the 1960s, Rico, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for Wisconsin, only to discover violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations.