Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.8
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
12393
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
104
Points per Page
0.019231
Series
Surviving Southside
Description
When Benito's father, Xavier, returns from Iraq, he is not the same. He suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and yells constantly. He causes such a scene at a school function that Benito is embarrassed to go back to Southside High.