Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.3
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
69903
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
326
Points per Page
0.030675
Description
Young Dominic is torn between the extremes of his shipbuilder family's lifestyle, a complex bully to whom he finds himself irresistibly drawn, and the tightrope-walking girl he loves. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.