Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.2
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
26587
Points per Word
0.00015
Page Count
144
Points per Page
0.027778
Description
Despite having moved out of the rough housing project where he grew up, ten-year-old Junebug continues to encounter crime, gangs, and violence. The plot contains racial slurs and brutal violence.