Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.0
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
59958
Points per Word
0.000133
Page Count
326
Points per Page
0.02454
Description
When 16-year-old Tariq is shot to death, his community is thrown into an uproar because Tariq was black, and the shooter, Jack Franklin, is white. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and violence.