Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.3
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52624
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
232
Points per Page
0.034483
Description
A mentally ill teenager who rides the "short bus" to school investigates the sudden disappearance of his best friend. The plot contains graphic violence.