Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.6
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51560
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
259
Points per Page
0.030888
Description
Sixteen-year-old Heller Highland, who is living with his grandparents while his parents are away, delivers news by bicycle across Manhattan, and as a summer heat wave melts the city, he is struck by first love. This book is coauthored by Joaquín Dorfman.