Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.5
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
815
Points per Word
0.000613
Page Count
24
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
A co-founder of the Crips in Los Angeles introduces kids to the way gangs operate, focusing particularly on the powerful influence of "bad" friends. The coauthor is Barbara Cottman Becnel.