Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.1
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
35608
Points per Word
0.00014
Page Count
161
Points per Page
0.031056
Description
Fourteen-year-old Alex struggles to rise above the life events which seem to conspire against him, from a mother who lies, to a probation officer who won't give him a break.