Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.5
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
68404
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
354
Points per Page
0.028249
Description
High-school baseball player Lazarus Weathers gets an offer to leave the poverty and drugs of his neighborhood and pitch for a high-profile team across town. He must choose between becoming a star pitcher and abandoning his family.