Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.0
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
77810
Points per Word
0.000141
Page Count
304
Points per Page
0.036184
Description
Sixteen-year-old Star struggles with the responsibility of being a mother, while the baby's father, a star athlete, is urged by friends and family to lend his support to Star and his newborn son. The plot contains references to child abuse.