Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.2
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42424
Points per Word
0.000141
Page Count
182
Points per Page
0.032967
Description
"Ace" hits rock bottom. On the day he enters Kennedy High in Manhattan wearing a patch over one eye, sixteen-year-old Horace Hobart is urged to join the toughest gang at school.