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Grades 9 - 12

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 5.9

Lexile Measure®: 900L

DRA: Not Available

Guided Reading: NR

Theme/Subject

  • Culture and Diversity
  • Friends and Friendship

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About This Book

His friendship with two Hispanic students offers fifteen-year-old Mick an alternative to the drunken savagery of his brother and the narrow thinking of his Irish-American neighborhood in Boston.

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Chris Lynch

Chris Lynch is the author of numerous acclaimed books for middle-grade and teen readers, including the Cyberia series and the National Book Award finalist Inexcusable. He teaches in the Lesley University creative writing MFA program, and divides his time between Massachusetts and Scotland.

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