Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.0
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
47180
Points per Word
0.00017
Page Count
160
Points per Page
0.05
Description
This is the story of Henry Fleming, a young, inexperienced soldier in the American Civil War who has romantic notions of the hero he will be when he enters his first battle. Amidst the brutal realities of warfare, however, his illusions are shattered.