Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.2
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
44054
Points per Word
0.000136
Page Count
240
Points per Page
0.025
Description
Growing up in the inner-city projects, DeShawn is reluctantly forced into the gang world by circumstances beyond his control. The plot contains sexual situations, graphic violence and drug use.