Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.0
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
28831
Points per Word
0.000139
Page Count
146
Points per Page
0.027397
Description
His friendship with two Hispanic students offers Mick an alternative to the drunken savagery of his brother and his Irish neighborhood in Boston.