Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.4
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
69431
Points per Word
0.000158
Page Count
352
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
John is 14 years old, alienated and angry. He has got good reason to be: his mother's boyfriend is using him as a punchbag. He feels completely alone, not part of a family, a community or even the human race.