Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.6
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
65206
Points per Word
0.000138
Page Count
355
Points per Page
0.025352
Description
Good friends, her poetry notebooks, and a mysterious "ninja of nice" give 17-year-old Rae the strength to face her mother's neglect, her stepfather's increasing abuse, and a new boyfriend's obsessive behavior. The plot contains profanity and violence.