Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.6
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
45422
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
216
Points per Page
0.032407
Description
Paul Varderman, a secondary student in an English Catholic School, is a loner until, just as he is becoming friends with "the freaks," the school bully encourages Paul to join his gang and gives him a knife to carry as an incentive.