An Island Far from Home cover

An Island Far from Home

Author: Donahue, John

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 4.9
Points 5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 32418
Points per Word 0.000154
Page Count 180
Points per Page 0.027778

Description

The twelve-year-old son of a Union army doctor killed during the fighting in Fredericksburg comes to understand the meaning of war and the fine line between friends and enemies when he begins corresponding with a young Confederate prisoner of war.