Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.7
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
36726
Points per Word
0.000136
Page Count
188
Points per Page
0.026596
Description
Having escaped from juvenile detention and foster care, two teenage boys live in a New York City park, making their way by stealing, occasionally working, and trying to keep from being arrested. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations.