Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.2
Points
16.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
102442
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
403
Points per Page
0.039702
Description
After his mother dies, 14-year-old Nick is sent into England's institutional care system, where he endures harsh punishment, sexual abuse and witnesses horrors on a daily basis. The plot contains sexual violence and abuse.