Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.7
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
50408
Points per Word
0.000139
Page Count
224
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
Recent high school graduate Rick Ward, undecided about his future and eager to escape his unhappy home life, joins the army and experiences the horrors of the war in Vietnam.