Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.2
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
86126
Points per Word
0.000139
Page Count
387
Points per Page
0.031008
Description
Mary, a black teenager convicted of murdering a white baby. Living in a group home and faced with the prospect of having her own child taken away, she tries to set the record straight. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and graphic violence.