Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.2
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
76563
Points per Word
0.00017
Page Count
225
Points per Page
0.057778
Description
Gunnar Kaufman, an awkward, black surfer bum, moves from Santa Monica to urban West Los Angeles and begins to undergo a startling transformation from neighborhood outcast to basketball superstar. The plot contains profanity and graphic sexual situations.