Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
54892
Points per Word
0.000164
Page Count
278
Points per Page
0.032374
Description
Fourteen-year-old social outcast Charlie Han, known as "the short Chinese kid" at school, searches for a talent to improve his popularity. When he discovers skateboarding, much to the disapproval of his mother, he also uncovers a huge family secret.