Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.3
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
58852
Points per Word
0.000136
Page Count
234
Points per Page
0.034188
Description
When eighth-grade bully Tod and his friends get caught committing a crime on school property, his penalty, staying after school and writing in a journal under the eye of the guidance counselor, reveals aspects of himself that he prefers to keep hidden.