Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.9
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
52832
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
184
Points per Page
0.043478
Description
This biography describes football player John Cappelletti, winner of the 1973 Heisman Trophy, and his younger brother Joey, who fought a losing battle with leukemia. The story and teleplay are by Jerry McNeely, with novelization by Richard Peck.