Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.6
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
44827
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
150
Points per Page
0.046667
Description
Mexican American middle-schooler Manny finds himself caught between going along with his friends who are set on forming a gang and cutting his ties to them and following his own inclination to stay out of trouble.