Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.5
Points
24.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
134884
Points per Word
0.000178
Page Count
373
Points per Page
0.064343
Description
This book tells the story of one African American youth's rise from poverty-stricken Anacostia, in southeast Washington, D.C., to the ivied halls of Brown University. The text contains profanity and sexual situations.