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Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 4.7
Points 9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 58815
Points per Word 0.000153
Page Count 218
Points per Page 0.041284

Description

Ostracized for his sexuality, Simon fears his friend Stephen will be changed by the Christian center intending to make him "normal." Simon's mute twin, Jude, ultimately shows him how to be himself. The plot contains graphic sexual situations.