Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.7
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
24879
Points per Word
0.000121
Description
14 year old Julie starts crying on Monday when things go badly at school. Life is no better at home, with an alcoholic father and a mother beginning to lash out in frustration. Things soon get worse when Julie is told there has been a accident.