Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.8
Points
18.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
108195
Points per Word
0.000166
Page Count
339
Points per Page
0.053097
Description
Out of an unlikely mix of deprivation and hope, an artist was born -- first as the child who painted the feelings his words dared not speak, then as a poet and storyteller who would eventually become one of Hollywood's most sought-after screenwriters.