Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.8
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
12968
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
204
Points per Page
0.009804
Description
Douglas keeps a weekly record of historical and personal events in 1968, the year he turns 17, including the escalating war in Vietnam, assassinations, rampant racism, rioting, his first girlfriend, his parents' separation, and a longed-for sister.