Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.8
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
25244
Points per Word
0.000158
Page Count
139
Points per Page
0.028777
Series
My Story
Description
Sixteen-year-old Billy joins the military to "kick the Kaiser back to Germany." He lies about his age to join up and is disappointed when he is assigned to the Royal Engineers because of his telegraph training. But soon enough he is sent to the Front.