Interest Level
Grades 6 - 8
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 4.9
Lexile Measure®: Not Available
DRA: Not Available
Guided Reading: NR
Genre
- General Fiction
- Mystery and Suspense
Theme/Subject
- Cause and Effect
- Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences
- Story Elements
- Friends and Friendship
Reading Quiz Programs
About This Book
Slamming a basketball into the face of a high school boy sets off an epileptic seizure which leads to his death. Told from Brian's point of view as one of the four boys involved in the initial prank and alternately by the detective who is investigating the case and his daughter. This riveting novel probes guilt, fear, peer pressure, death, and ultimately taking responsibility for your own actions.About the Authors or Illustrators
Jim Murphy is celebrated for his engaging and carefully researched nonfiction for young readers. His more than thirty-five books include two Newbery Honor Books, The Great Fire and An American Plague (which also won the Sibert Award), and Blizzard!, which was named a Sibert Honor Book.
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