Defending Jacob cover

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 5.0
Points 18.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 122475
Points per Word 0.000147
Page Count 476
Points per Page 0.037815

Description

When his fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student, assistant D.A. Andy Barber is torn between loyalty and justice as facts come to light. The plot contains profanity and graphic descriptions of violence.