Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.0
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
28651
Points per Word
0.00014
Page Count
272
Points per Page
0.014706
Description
After the Pearl Harbor bombing, 13-year-old Tetsu and his family are sent to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona. When he and other evacuees form a baseball team and play, Tetsu is able to mentally escape and feel as if life is almost normal.