Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.9
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
78923
Points per Word
0.000165
Page Count
269
Points per Page
0.048327
Description
An Italian-American Major wins the love and admiration of the natives of the small Sicilian village of Adano when he tries to replace the 700-year-old town bell that was melted down by the Fascists.