Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.3
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
78172
Points per Word
0.000141
Page Count
330
Points per Page
0.033333
Description
Narrated from several different perspectives, this book tells the story of the 1956 murder of two teenaged girls in suburban Baltimore, Maryland. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and violence.