Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.9
Points
14.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
95558
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
448
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
Following their son's suicide, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on him. May challenges the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing. Text has profanity, violence, mild sexual situations, underage alcohol use.