Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.9
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
24790
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
140
Points per Page
0.028571
Series
Bluford
Description
There is no backing down for Lionel Shephard. With a dream of joining the NBA, all he wants to do at Bluford High is play basketball, but everyone is trying to stop him. The plot contains mild sexual references and violence.