Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.8
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
67181
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
255
Points per Page
0.039216
Description
Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighbourhood and begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man. Contains profanity and mild violence. Themes include alcoholism.