Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.4
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
84629
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
327
Points per Page
0.039755
Description
Set amid the racial struggles of 1966, Dewey, about to enter seventh grade, comes to learn that the issues he faces about bullies, girls, race, and sex are part of the adult world as well. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.