Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.7
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
44514
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
217
Points per Page
0.032258
Description
In 1918 Berlin, 16-year-old Moritz faces struggles on his newspaper job, in his relationship with his mother and sister, and with his brother, who returns from the war physically and emotionally scarred. The plot contains mild profanity and violence.