Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.8
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
28205
Points per Word
0.000142
Page Count
144
Points per Page
0.027778
Description
Twelve-year-old Joseph helps his family to survive when the natives of Saipan are caught in the crossfire between the Japanese soldiers and the American troops at the end of World War II. The plot contains graphic violence associated with war.