Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.9
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52712
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
250
Points per Page
0.032
Description
Finley, the only white player on his high-school basketball team, lives in a town ruled by the Irish mob, and when his coach asks him to mentor a troubled African American student who has transferred there, he finds that they have a lot in common.