Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.8
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
30742
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
214
Points per Page
0.023364
Series
Texas Fridays
Description
Only football promises to take Darren away from his gang-filled neighborhood in Houston, but during a preseason scrimmage, he hurts his right shoulder, which leads to an addiction to pain pills. The plot contains vulgarity, racial slurs, and drug use.