Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42569
Points per Word
0.000141
Page Count
197
Points per Page
0.030457
Description
While dealing with her parents' separation, Amanda is able to work out some of her anxiety through her fifth-grade project, writing a diary from the point of view of a ten-year-old girl whose brothers fight on opposite sides in the Civil War.