Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.6
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
64459
Points per Word
0.00014
Page Count
234
Points per Page
0.038462
Description
In two voices, this book retells the events leading up to a 1980 fateful meeting of 14-year-old Jason, a gay youth surviving on the streets as a prostitute, and 17-year-old Doug, a hate-filled punk rocker. The text contains profanity and violence.