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Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 6.5
Points 23.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 139989
Points per Word 0.000164
Page Count 418
Points per Page 0.055024

Description

In New York City in 2008, the lives of five recently graduated college friends are upended when the economy crashes, and one of them is diagnosed with cancer. The plot contains profanity and sexual references.