Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.0
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
12961
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
98
Points per Page
0.020408
Description
Free-verse poems describe the reactions of students, colleagues, and others when a high school teacher is shot to death as the school day begins. The text contains profanity and violence.