Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.3
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
4605
Points per Word
0.000217
Page Count
144
Points per Page
0.006944
Description
In this graphic novel adaptation of the novel-in-verse, a boy named Garvey loves books and music. The more his dad wants him to be a jock, the more Garvey tries to fill the hole in his heart with the wrong things. Text contains gender bias and bullying.