Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
11056
Points per Word
0.000181
Page Count
128
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.