Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.8
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
38214
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
230
Points per Page
0.026087
Series
Boys of Wartime
Description
In 1863, twelve-year-old Will, who longs to be a drummer in the Union army, is stuck in his sleepy hometown of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. When the Union and Confederate armies meet in his town, he and his family are caught up in the fight.