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Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 5.2
Points 10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 63231
Points per Word 0.000158
Page Count 245
Points per Page 0.040816

Description

Mike, a troubled 14-year-old from a dysfunctional family in Berlin, finds friendship when a Russian juvenile delinquent called Tschick begins to pay attention to and include Mike in his criminal activities. The plot contains profanity and violence.