Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.8
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
61859
Points per Word
0.000162
Description
David Martinesi, a first-generation Italian Australian growing up in an inner-city suburb, spends a summer waiting for change while wrestling with the shadows of his Italian upbringing. When he befriends the confident, street-wise Nathan, his wishes for change begin to come true. However, not all change is positive, and tragedy arrives on his doorstep.