Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.5
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
20449
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
102
Points per Page
0.029412
Description
This year Reeves McLain, Jr., has decided to skip his birthday. Since ten is the age when boys in the projects are forced to join gangs or are snared by drug dealers, Junebug would rather remain nine.