Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.1
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
26265
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
147
Points per Page
0.027211
Description
A 15-year-old hearing-impaired girl, an 18-year-old veteran who stopped taking his antipsychotic medication, and a 16-year-old illegal immigrant from Africa meet and connect in their Bronx, New York, neighborhood. The plot contains violent undertones.