Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
31744
Points per Word
0.000158
Page Count
163
Points per Page
0.030675
Description
As World War II draws to an end, Russian soldiers occupy Germany, bringing both friendship and hardship to the family of ten-year-old Fritz, whose grandfather was a Nazi sympathizer. The plot contains violence and drunkenness.