Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
45189
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
241
Points per Page
0.029046
Description
In 1975, twelve-year-old Richard befriends Napoleon, a Caribbean newcomer to his Catholic school. He is hoping that Napoleon will learn to love baseball and the Red Sox, and will win acceptance in the racially polarized Boston school.