Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.1
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
74213
Points per Word
0.000135
Page Count
256
Points per Page
0.039062
Description
Sixteen-year-old Carl uses his talent with electronics both to shield himself from his mother's alcoholism and promiscuity and to try to make enough money repairing stolen stereos to get into engineering school.