Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.9
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
75387
Points per Word
0.000172
Page Count
246
Points per Page
0.052846
Description
Robert Lipsyte chronicles his career as a sportswriter, explaining how he became a sports columnist for the NEW YORK TIMES despite the fact that he was never a jock and spent most of his childhood and teen years avoiding what he called the Jock Culture.