Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.3
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
70209
Points per Word
0.000128
Page Count
252
Points per Page
0.035714
Description
Growing up poor and neglected in post-World War II England, young Mick, shuttled from home to home, must harden himself against disappointment and cruelty, and finally, against the abusive father he only recently met.