Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.7
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
52328
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
179
Points per Page
0.044693
Description
Abandoned by his father, neglected by his mother, and shuttled between foster homes and a boys' ranch, this young African American man refused to accept a fate the world says should be his. The plot contains violence.